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For more than four years now, Syrians have endured the loss and hardship caused by a protracted civil war. Nearly four million Syrians have fled the country, filling refugee camps in neighboring countries.
Fierce fighting still goes on daily, with battles between Syrian government forces and a number of rebel groups, including ISIS, which is facing opposition in Iraq as well. Areas of Damascus are stable enough for residents to carry on normal lives, while many distant rural villages have been reduced to rubble.
Airstrikes, ground attacks, bombings, and street battles take place every day, despite diplomatic attempts to halt the hostilities. No clear end to the war is in sight, and those caught in the crossfire continue to suffer the most. Gathered here are images of the ongoing Syrian conflict from just the past six weeks.
A Syrian Kurdish boy sits on a destroyed tank in the Syrian town of Kobane on March 27, 2015.
Jaish Al-Islam (Army of Islam) brigade fighters launch a rocket towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad located beside Damascus International Airport, from Ghouta on February 24, 2015.
Smoke rises after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Arbeen, suburb of Ghouta, on March 8, 2015.
A man carries the body of his mother after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Marj Al Sultan, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta on February 27, 2015.
A general view taken on April 6, 2015, shows destruction in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Fatima Bakkar, 83, from Syria, holds back her tears as she tells her story during an interview with the Associated Press at Azraq refugee camp in Azraq, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Amman, Jordan, on March 10, 2015.
People gather around a helicopter reportedly belonging to the Syrian regime forces that crashed on March 22, 2015, in Jabal al-Zawiya in the northwest province of Idlib.
Workers document and count dead bodies, which, according to the rebel fighters, were members of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, before burying them in Aleppo on February 23, 2015.
Syrian refugee children are seen in front of their classrooms at a UNICEF school at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, on March 11, 2015.
Rebel fighters walk inside a 2nd-century Roman amphitheater in the historic Syrian southern town of Bosra al-Sham, after they took control of the area on March 25, 2015.
Rebel fighters fire at warplanes loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in the Idlib countryside on March 26, 2015.
A warplane that belongs to forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad flies over the northwestern city of Idlib on March 26, 2015.
Rebel fighters run with their weapons to avoid snipers north of Handarat camp in Aleppo after the group said they took control of the area from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, on February 8, 2015.
A rebel fighter covered with mud sits near the front line with Bashkuwi village, north of Aleppo, on February 19, 2015.
Dozens of damaged buildings are seen in Ain Tarma and Jobar in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, on April 5, 2015.
Dust rises from damaged buildings after what activists said was a mortar shell dropped on an area after air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Ain Tarma, in Eastern Ghouta, on April 5, 2015.
A man runs with an injured child in Idlib city, after rebels took control of the area, on April 5, 2015.
A Syrian man holds a wounded child as they wait for treatment at a makeshift clinic in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus.
A man cries over the bodies of relatives in Douma Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, on March 15, 2015.
Residents help an injured man in Aleppo on March 20, 2015.
A female Syrian soldier drives a tank during clashes with rebels in eastern Damascus, on March 25, 2015.
Rebel fighters help an injured fellow fighter during what they said was an offensive to take the northwestern city of Idlib on March 24, 2015.
Rebel fighters prepare a home-made shell before launching it towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in the Idlib on March 18, 2015.
A homemade shell falls towards a building sheltering forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad, after being fired from rebel fighters in the Seif El Dawla neighborhood of Aleppo on March 28, 2015.
An injured Syrian woman in Allepo on March 28, 2015.
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