PHOTOS: Syrian Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize Amid New Claims Of War Crimes
October 11, 2013
In this file image taken from Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a rebel fighter fires a gun in a valley in an unidentified location in Latakia province, Syria. Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights group said Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video, File) ( Mideast Syria Rebel Abuses )
In this file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of a chemical weapons investigation team take samples from the ground in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, for working to eliminate the scourge that has haunted generations from World War I to the battlefields of Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File) ( Mideast Syria Nobel Peace Prize )
Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog's verification and destruction mission in Syria during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ( Netherlands Syria )
An image grab taken from Syrian television shows an inspector from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at work at an undisclosed location in Syria on October 8, 2013. 2013 Nobel Peace Prize is to go to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Norwegian television NRK reported on October 11, 2013 one hour before the official announcement. AFP/Getty Images ( 523697562 )
Syrian anti-government protestors hold a poster depicting a inspector from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) during a demonstration to call for an international action against the Damascus regime on October 11, 2013. The watchdog now overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to rid the world of the devastating weapons. MEZAR MATAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 523702899 )
An image grab taken from Syrian television shows an inspector from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at work at an undisclosed location in Syria on October 10, 2013. A second team of international inspectors arrived in Damascus today to help supervise the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal under the terms of a UN resolution. AFP/Getty Images ( 523669638 )
In this citizen journalism Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file image provided by the United Media office of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of a chemical weapons investigation team with blue helmets speak with Syrian rebels in Damascus' countryside of Zamalka, Syria. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, for working to eliminate the scourge that has haunted generations from World War I to the battlefields of Syria. (AP Photo/United Media office of Arbeen, File) ( Mideast Syria Nobel Peace Prize )
A photo taken on October 9, 2013 shows a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a wall as a United Nations vehicle carrying inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) leaving a hotel in Damascus, 2013 Nobel Peace Prize is to go to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Norwegian television NRK reported on October 11, 2013 one hour before the official announcement. LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images ( 523697566 )
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 11, 2013 shows Syrian soldiers posing with their brides during a mass wedding held in the central Syrian city of Homs. In the center is a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. AFP/Getty Images ( 523702482 )
A Syrian refugee family waves to relatives after boarding a bus to Beirut International Airport for a flight to Germany where they have been accepted for temporary resettlement, at the International Organization for Migration office in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. The dozens of Syrians heading to Germany on Thursday were the second batch of the 4,000 refugees that Germany has accepted to receive on two-year visas while Syria remains mired in a two-year civil war that has killed over 100,000 people, displaced 5 million within their own country, and prompted another 2 million people to flee the country as refugees. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( APTOPIX Mideast Lebanon Syria Refugees )
In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 photo, an opposition fighter prays moments before heading into battle at the frontline in Maaret al-Numan in the Idlib province countryside of Syria. With much of the northern countryside now in opposition hands, a cat-and-mouse game has emerged over the past year as rebels try to cut the government supply lines to the regime's remaining troops in the north. (AP Photo) ( APTOPIX Mideast Syria )
Rebel fighters cover a car in mud for camouflage at an undisclosed location in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on October 8, 2013. The world's chemical watchdog said it will send a second team of inspectors to help dismantle Syria's arsenal, as regime warplanes bombed rebels in the northwest of the country. MOHAMAD JADAAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 523619716 )
An Israeli soldier sits at the top a Merkava tank as it rolls in a training field in the Golan Heights, next to the Israeli-Syrian border, on October 10, 2013. The Israeli army fired on October 9, a Tammuz missile across the Syrian border in response to mortar fire from the Syrian at an Israeli military base in the northern Israeli-annexed Golan Heights leaving two soldiers with light wounds. JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 523700374 )
Rounds of artillery are fired from Syrian government forces position towards opposition fighters in Maraat Al-Nouman in the Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Syrian government warplanes bombed rebel positions near the strategic northern city on Tuesday, activists said, as international inspectors toured production and storage sites of the country's chemical weapons arsenal. (AP Photo) ( APTOPIX Mideast Syria )
TOPSHOTS Opposition fighters open fire taking cover from behind a car during fightings in the Salaheddin district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 9, 2013. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fierce fighting in Damascus province between rebels and troops backed by pro-regime militias and fighters from Lebanon's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO KARAM AL-MASRIKARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523669340 )
In this Monday, Oct. 07, 2013 photo, opposition fighters prepare loads of mortars during an attack in the Wadi al-Deef military post at the frontline in Maaret al-Numan in the Idlib province countryside of Syria. With much of the northern countryside now in opposition hands, a cat-and-mouse game has emerged over the past year as the rebels try to cut the government supply lines to the regime's remaining troops in the north. (AP Photo) ( APTOPIX Mideast Syria )
An abandoned Ferris wheel is seen among buildings damaged by fighting between opposition fighters and Syrian government forces in Maaret al-Numan in the Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Syrian government warplanes bombed rebel positions near the strategic northern city on Tuesday, activists said, as international inspectors toured production and storage sites of the country's chemical weapons arsenal. (AP Photo) ( Mideast Syria )
Opposition fighter Abu Yassin, 21, takes position inside a building in Salaheddin square, in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on September 30, 2013. College student Abu Yassin never imagined picking up a gun and fighting the Syrian regime, but all that changed when he saw a little boy bleeding to death in his father's arms. JM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 523661361 )
A picture taken with a long exposure shows the light of a motorcycle as it drives along a road in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on October 8, 2013. MEZAR MATAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 523642593 )
Opposition forces from the Al-Ikhlas brigade fire a home-made rocket, next to an Islamist flag bearing the name of their brigade in Syria's northeastern city of Deir Ezzor on October 9, 2013. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fierce fighting in Damascus province between rebels and troops backed by pro-regime militias and fighters from Lebanon's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah. AHMAD ABOUD/AFP/Getty Images ( 523639504 )
An opposition fighter aims fire as others run for cover while they hold a position behind burning tyres in the Salaheddin district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 9, 2013. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the rebels were advancing in Salaheddin during the ongoing clashes with government forces. TAREK ABU Al-FAHEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 523647878 )
An opposition fighter smokes a cigarette as he takes a break following the injury of his friend in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 9, 2013. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the rebels were advancing in Salaheddin during the ongoing clashes with government forces. KARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images ( 523649702 )
Smoke rises at an explosion at a battlefield during fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels in Maaret al-Numan in the Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Rebels Wednesday overran a military post near the southern city of Daraa, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group. Opposition fighters late last month also captured a nearby military base that previously served as the customs office on the outskirts of Daraa. (AP Photo) ( APTOPIX Mideast Syria )
A launcher smokes after a fire by opposition fighters during their attack over Syrian government forces' Wadi al-Deef military post in Maaret al-Numan in the Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Syrian government warplanes bombed rebel positions near the strategic northern city on Tuesday, activists said, as international inspectors toured production and storage sites of the country's chemical weapons arsenal. (AP Photo) ( Mideast Syria )
Smoke rises after a mortar shell hits a residential area during fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels in Maaret al-Numan in the Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Rebels Wednesday overran a military post near the southern city of Daraa, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group. Opposition fighters late last month also captured a nearby military base that previously served as the customs office on the outskirts of Daraa. (AP Photo) ( Mideast Syria )
Bodies lie at a morgue following fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces on August 10, 2013 in the northern city of Raqqa, the only provincial capital in rebel hands. Syrian regime air strikes killed more than 30 people Saturday in the Latakia province, bastion of the ruling Assad clan, and the northern city of Raqqa, a monitory group said. (ALICE Martins/AFP/Getty Images) ( OP08PSYRIA )
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrians waving national flags and portraits of President Bashar al-Assad during a pro-regime rally in the coastal city of Latakia on the first anniversary of the anti-government revolt on March 15, 2012. State television showed tens of thousands of people taking to the streets in a ashow of allegiance to the regime in main squares in the capital Damascus, the northern city of Aleppo, Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, Daraa and Suweida to the south and Hasaka in the northeast. ( -/AFP/Getty Images) ( 509684722 )
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