Photos from syria

A wounded boy arrives at the Dar al Shifa hospital in Aleppo following shelling by government forces on October 11, 2012. (Antonio Pampliega/AFP/GettyImages) #

Children play on swings in Aleppo on October 23, 2012. (Zain Karam/Reuters) #

An elderly woman crosses a street next to a long black cloth used to separate the area from Syrian government forces' sniper fire, in the Bab el-Adid district of Aleppo on October 23, 2012. (Fabio Bucciarelli/AFP/Getty Images)#