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Syria: Images of war

15-03-2013 Photo gallery

Fear, pain, the loss of loved ones and the struggle for survival have been a daily reality for many Syrians for two years now, with no end in sight. These photos show just a few examples of the conflict's heavy toll on civilians.

  • Aleppo. A family clings together for protection during an attack.
    • Aleppo. A family clings together for protection during an attack.
      © ICRC / R. Garcia Vilanova / sy-e-00232
  • Aleppo. People search for the bodies of a mother and her two daughters in the rubble of a house destroyed during an attack.
    • Aleppo. People search for the bodies of a mother and her two daughters in the rubble of a house destroyed during an attack.
      © ICRC / R. Garcia Vilanova / sy-e-00237
  • Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in Syria. In this photo taken in Aleppo, people carry the body of a family member.
    • Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in Syria. In this photo taken in Aleppo, people carry the body of a family member.
      © ICRC / R. Garcia Vilanova / sy-e-00234
  • Al-Qusayr, Homs governorate. A man carries a child's remains.
    • Al-Qusayr, Homs governorate. A man carries a child's remains.
      © ICRC / R. Garcia Vilanova / sy-e-00186
  • Al-Qusayr, Homs governorate. A wounded man is operated on in a field hospital.
    • Al-Qusayr, Homs governorate. A wounded man is operated on in a field hospital.
      © ICRC / R. Garcia Vilanova / sy-e-00181
  • Aleppo. A wounded person receives treatment.
  • Al-Qusayr. Wounded people are taken to hospital in Lebanon. Al-Qusayr hospital is unable to cope with the influx of wounded people and is ill equipped to treat them. Patients and those transporting them risk their lives crossing the besieged city.
  • Al-Qusayr. A family takes shelter in the basement of an abandoned school. Their home was destroyed by shells. Like many families without the means to leave the city, they now live in this basement.
  • Millions of Syrians have fled – some abroad, some to other parts of Syria. This is a camp for displaced people in Latakia.
  • Idlib. People gather outside the warehouse of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). The ICRC and the SARC distribute food parcels to several thousand displaced and local people.
  • The intensification of the fighting has seriously damaged infrastructure, endangering the water supply in particular. Here in Deir Ezzor, the ICRC and the SARC are installing a water tank.

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