18-Month Syrian Conflict Claimed To Have Killed 30,000

A Syrian man reacts outside of his damaged home, which was destroyed by a Syrian government airstrike earlier in the day, in Marea village, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Syria’s bloody 18-month conflict, which activists say has killed nearly 30,000 people, has so far eluded all attempts at international mediation.

A Free Syrian Army soldier, stands on a damaged Syrian military tank, which was destroyed during fighting government froces, in the Syrian town of Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Hussein Malla>

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