Displaced Syrians wait to enter Turkey from Idlib province across the Orontes river on February 5, 2014. AFP
Smoke billows following air strikes on a rebel-held area in the southern city of Daraa on March 16, 2017. AFP
Syrian army soldiers fire their weapons during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, on December 5, 2016. AP Photo
Russians, Syrians and others gather next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli city, on February 12, 2020. AP Photo
A Russian soldier mans a machine gun during a patrol near the Syrian and Turkish border in north Syria on October 25, 2019. AP Photo
Turkish tanks and troops stationed near Syrian town of Manbij. AP
Crew of Bradley fighting vehicles stand at a US military base in north-eastern Syria on November 11, 2019. AP Photo
Anti-government protesters flash victory signs as they protest in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on March 23, 2011. AP Photo
Syrians climb up a mud bank as they flee across fields to reach the Syrian-Turkish border on March 10, 2014. AFP
Syrian men gather outside the courthouse in Daraa that was torched a day earlier by angry protesters on March 21, 2011. AFP
Rebel fighters inside a building during clashes with pro-government forces in the Sheikh Al Said neighbourhood of Aleppo city on November 28, 2013. AFP
Syrians bury victims in a group funeral following air strikes in the rebel-held city of Douma on January 7, 2016. AFP
A man reacts to the destruction of his home in an air strike by government forces on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 22, 2014. AFP
A woman is helped through the rubble of buildings hit by a reported Syrian government air strike in Al Sakhour district of Aleppo city on April 4, 2014. AFP
Debris fills a street and flames rise from a building following an air strike by Syrian government forces in the Sukkari neighborhood of Aleppo on March 7, 2014. AFP
A man is comforted following an air strike by government forces that killed a rescue worker in Aleppo city on March 9, 2014. AFP
A tank seized by rebel fighters fires at a pro-government position near the Syrian city of Hama on February 19, 2014. AFP
An injured Syrian youth cries as he is carried on a gurney following an air strike in the Maadi neighbourhood of Aleppo city on December 17, 2013. AFP
A Syrian boy holds an oxygen mask to an infant's face following a reported gas attack in Douma on January 22, 2018, when the town near Damascus was held by rebels. AFP
Displaced Syrians wait to enter Turkey from Idlib province across the Orontes river on February 5, 2014. AFP
Smoke billows following air strikes on a rebel-held area in the southern city of Daraa on March 16, 2017. AFP
Syrian army soldiers fire their weapons during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, on December 5, 2016. AP Photo
Russians, Syrians and others gather next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli city, on February 12, 2020. AP Photo
A Russian soldier mans a machine gun during a patrol near the Syrian and Turkish border in north Syria on October 25, 2019. AP Photo
Turkish tanks and troops stationed near Syrian town of Manbij. AP
Crew of Bradley fighting vehicles stand at a US military base in north-eastern Syria on November 11, 2019. AP Photo
Anti-government protesters flash victory signs as they protest in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on March 23, 2011. AP Photo
Syrians climb up a mud bank as they flee across fields to reach the Syrian-Turkish border on March 10, 2014. AFP
Syrian men gather outside the courthouse in Daraa that was torched a day earlier by angry protesters on March 21, 2011. AFP
Rebel fighters inside a building during clashes with pro-government forces in the Sheikh Al Said neighbourhood of Aleppo city on November 28, 2013. AFP
Syrians bury victims in a group funeral following air strikes in the rebel-held city of Douma on January 7, 2016. AFP
A man reacts to the destruction of his home in an air strike by government forces on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 22, 2014. AFP
A woman is helped through the rubble of buildings hit by a reported Syrian government air strike in Al Sakhour district of Aleppo city on April 4, 2014. AFP
Debris fills a street and flames rise from a building following an air strike by Syrian government forces in the Sukkari neighborhood of Aleppo on March 7, 2014. AFP
A man is comforted following an air strike by government forces that killed a rescue worker in Aleppo city on March 9, 2014. AFP
A tank seized by rebel fighters fires at a pro-government position near the Syrian city of Hama on February 19, 2014. AFP
An injured Syrian youth cries as he is carried on a gurney following an air strike in the Maadi neighbourhood of Aleppo city on December 17, 2013. AFP
A Syrian boy holds an oxygen mask to an infant's face following a reported gas attack in Douma on January 22, 2018, when the town near Damascus was held by rebels. AFP
Displaced Syrians wait to enter Turkey from Idlib province across the Orontes river on February 5, 2014. AFP
Syria’s war in chilling figures
As the conflict enters its 10th year, new numbers show the enormous loss sustained in nine years of relentless fighting