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People burn portraits of Assad during a demonstration on the outskirts of Idlib.
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US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces watch as rounds light up Baghouz. All photos: AP
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Displaced Syrian children slide down a hill, above a refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
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Men trudge to be screened after being led from the last territory held by ISIS militants, near Baghouz.
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A man rides his bicycle through rubble in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, Damascus.
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Turkish troops take control of Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz.
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Syrian Civil Defence workers and citizens gather after an air strike hit a market in Maaret Al Numan in southern Idlib.
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Syrians watch a US armoured convoy pass on a road to Raqqa.
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An army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo.
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Civilians look for their belongings after clashes between opposition fighters and Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Al Assad, in Hejeira, near Damascus.
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Kurdish opposition fighters occupy a tank stolen from the Syrian Army, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo.
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The Beloved of Allah militia head towards the scene of the battle with government forces on the outskirts of Aleppo.
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People burn portraits of Assad during a demonstration on the outskirts of Idlib.
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US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces watch as rounds light up Baghouz. All photos: AP
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Displaced Syrian children slide down a hill, above a refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
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Men trudge to be screened after being led from the last territory held by ISIS militants, near Baghouz.
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A man rides his bicycle through rubble in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, Damascus.
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Turkish troops take control of Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz.
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Syrian Civil Defence workers and citizens gather after an air strike hit a market in Maaret Al Numan in southern Idlib.
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Syrians watch a US armoured convoy pass on a road to Raqqa.
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An army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo.
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Civilians look for their belongings after clashes between opposition fighters and Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Al Assad, in Hejeira, near Damascus.
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Kurdish opposition fighters occupy a tank stolen from the Syrian Army, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo.
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The Beloved of Allah militia head towards the scene of the battle with government forces on the outskirts of Aleppo.
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People burn portraits of Assad during a demonstration on the outskirts of Idlib.
Donors pledge $6.7 billion in aid for Syria despite 'a certain fatigue' over conflict
UN has set a target of raising $10.5 billion in 2022
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