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Battle for Free Syria

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Syrian rebel fighters, attend Muslims noon prayers before heading to fight government forces in Aleppo, at their headquarters in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo
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FSA soldiers help a severely wounded colleague after being shot by a Syrian Army sniper in Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria. Manu Brabo/AP Photo
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Syrian men throws buckets of water toward a burning building in Myasar neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Government jets bombed the residential area of Myasar, reducing many of its buildings to rubble and causing a huge fire. AP Photo
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A member of the Free Syrian Army shoots his AK-47 against Syrian Army positions, during fighting in Aleppo, Syria. UPI
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Free Syrian Army soldier runs after attacking a tank with his RPG during fighting in Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria. Manu Brabo/AP Photo
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A Syrian Air Force fighter jet launches missiles at El Edaa district in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. REUTERS
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Free Syrian Army fighters run for cover after Syrian forces fired a mortar in the El Amreeyeh neighborhood of Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. REUTERS
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Damaged tanks are seen at the town of Atareb on the outskirts of Aleppo after clashes between Free Syria Army and forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter loads magazines for rifles during clashes with the Syrian Army in the Salah al- Din neighborhood of central Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter looks through a hole at Syrian Army soldiers during clashes in the Salah al- Din neighborhood of central Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter screams in pain after he was injured in his leg by shrapnel from a shell fired from a Syrian Army tank in the Salah al- Din neighborhood. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his gun during clashes with the Syrian Army in the Salah al- Din neighborhood. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs after a Syrian Army tank shell exploded in the Salah al- Din neighborhood of central Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in the Salah al- Din neighborhood of central Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his rifle after a Syrian Army tank shell exploded in the Salah al- Din neighborhood. REUTERS
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire their rifles during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in the Salah al- Din neighborhood. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter reacts after his friend was shot by Syrian Army soldiers during clashes in Salah al-Din neighborhood. REUTERS
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Smoke rises over the Salah al-Din neighborhood in central Aleppo during clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and Syrian Army soldiers. REUTERS
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A boy plays with an AK-47 rifle owned by his father in Azaz, north of Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter gestures during a fight with forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in downtown Aleppo. REUTERS
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A sniper from the Free Syrian Army takes his position in Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his AK-47 rifle during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in the Salah al-Din neighborhood. REUTERS
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A boy jumps off a damaged tank at al-Tareb, near Aleppo. REUTERS
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Smoke rises after government forces fire mortars in Azaz, north of Aleppo. REUTERS
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Members of the Free Syrian Army chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Azaz. REUTERS
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Members of the Free Syrian Army arrive in Aleppo. REUTERS
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Buildings damaged by what activists say is shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, are seen in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of central Aleppo. REUTERS
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Free Syrian Army members interrogate a man who was arrested while stealing from vacant houses in Aleppo. REUTERS
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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs during clashes with the Syrian Army in the Salah al- Din neighborhood of central Aleppo. REUTERS
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Members of the Free Syrian Army celebrate in Azaz, Aleppo province. REUTERS
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A rebel of the Free Syrian Army fires a rocket propelled-grenade, that misfired upon launching, at government tanks that have advanced into Saraquib city in Syria. Getty Images
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A Free Syria Army fighter waves from the top of a destroyed army tank in the town of Anadan on the outskirts of Aleppo. AP Photo