Two years of strife in Syria

Two years into the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad, the conflict wages a heavy toll on the nation's people.

In this photo, Ahmed, center, mourns his father Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian Army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, north Syria, March 8, 2012.

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