Syrian Conflict Lasting Over A Year And Half Drives People Into Abyss Of Misery

Displaced Syrian men wait for food near an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012.

A Syrian displaced woman and her granddaughter are seen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Manu Brabo>

This June 12, 2012 file photo shows a Syrian revolutionary flag waving on top of a building on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Syria’s conflict is the most violent to emerge from last year’s Arab Spring. The protests started peacefully but prompted a brutal crackdown by President Bashar Assad’s government. The fighting has escalated into a civil war that has killed just over 30,000 people over the last year and a half, according to activists. Despite intervening in Libya, the United States has steered clear of taking military action or arming Syria’s rebels. <AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File>