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Jan 31st
A Syrian soldier, who had defected to join the Free Syrian Army, hold up his rifle during a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Saqba, Damascus suburbs, January 27, 2012. A new bid by European and Arab states for UN action over Syria’s crackdown on dissent hit immediate Russian opposition as the death toll spiked, with more than 120 people reported killed in three days.
Photograph by: Ahmed Jadallah, REUTERS
