Syria Killed and Maimed 01

Syrians stand near the body of a man local residents say was an activist who was tortured to death by the Syrian government and dumped by the side of the road in Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The commander of rebel Syrian soldiers said Sunday there is no choice but to use military force to drive President Bashar Assad's regime from power as fears mounted that government troops will escalate their deadly crackdown on dissent after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution.

In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 photo, man who witnesses say was shot by a government sniper during a demonstration lies in a hospital in Idlib, Syria. President Bashar Assad's government vowed Sunday to continue its crackdown on a nearly 11-month-old uprising that has become one of the deadliest of the Arab Spring.

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Thursday May 31, 2012 purports to show a Syrian man mourning over two of eleven workers killed by gunmen when they were on their way to work Thursday at a state-owned fertilizer factory in the central province of Homs.

A Syrian injured woman Hassna, 37, who lost her two legs from the Syrian forces mortar shell which also killed her two children and her husband when they were fleeing their house on a motorcycle at village near Qussair town in Homs province on March, is being treated by a Lebanese nurse at a hospital, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

A Syrian injured man Ahmad Mostafa, 27, who lost his leg from the Syrian forces shelling at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs Province in February, covers his face for fear of reprisal on his family by the Syrian regime, as he wears his prosthetic leg at a hospital, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

A Lebanese man, right, helps a Syrian family after they were shot by the Syrian border guard when they were crossing a river from Syria into Lebanon, at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border town of Wadi Khaled, in Akkar, north Lebanon, Wednesday May 30, 2012. U.N. observers have discovered 13 bound corpses in eastern Syria, many of them apparently shot execution-style, the monitoring mission said Wednesday. The announcement comes days after a massacre in Houla, in the central Homs province.

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian doctor treats a man who was wounded by an explosion, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday April 27, 2012. A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing several people and wounding 20, state TV said. Thousands of Syrians protested elsewhere to denounce persistent violence by President Bashar Assad's regime.

A injured Free Syrian Army fighters is attend by doctors after being injured during fighting against government troops in Idlib, north Syria, Saturday, March 10, 2012. U.N. envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday in Damascus during a high-profile international mission to mediate an end to the country's yearlong conflict.

Doctors try to save the life of a severely wounded Free Syrian Army fighter during fighting against government troops in Idlib, north Syria, Saturday, March 10, 2012. U.N. envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday in Damascus during a high-profile international mission to mediate an end to the country's yearlong conflict.

Syrians carry the body of Alaa Harbush, 12, who was allegedly killed on Sunday by the Syrian security forces during a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad at his funeral in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. European foreign ministers increased the pressure Monday on Syria's regime to stop its crackdown on opponents, freezing the assets of several Syrian government officials and imposing sanctions on the country's central bank.

Syrian women and children take shelter from fierce fighting between the Free Syrian Army and government troops in Idlib, north Syria, Saturday, March 10, 2012. U.N. envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday in Damascus during a high-profile international mission to mediate an end to the country's yearlong conflict.

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, covered dead bodies are seen in front of a Syrian military intelligence building at a security compound which was attacked by an explosion, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012. Two explosions targeted security compounds in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, state media said, causing an unspecified number of casualties in a major city seen as key to President Bashar Assad's grip on power.

This image taken from video filmed over the past several days by an independent cameraman and made available Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 shows medical staff trying to help injured a hospital in the Bab Amr neighbourhood of Homs, Syria. The bombardment of Homs, the hot bed of the resistance to President Bashar Assad's regime, has intensified over recent days, after Syria's allies Russia and China vetoed a Western and Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations that would have condemned the Assad regime.

This image taken from video filmed over the past several days by an independent cameraman and made available Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 shows grieving women hugging and kissing a dead man, ahead of his funeral procession in Homs, Syria.

This image taken from video filmed over the past several days by an independent cameraman and made available Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 shows a grieving relative kissing a dead man on the back of a truck in Homs, Syria.

This image taken from video filmed over the past several days by an independent cameraman and made available Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 shows bodies wrapped in white sheets loaded on the pickup truck outside hospital in the Bab Amr neighbourhood of Homs, Syria.

In this photo released by Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad visits injured soldiers at Yousef el Azamah hospital in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Syrian troops pushed back rebels Tuesday with hours of shelling and gunfire, as Western diplomats tried to overcome Russia's rejection of a draft U.N. resolution demanding President Bashar Assad hand over power as part of a transition to democracy.

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Arab league observers, right, check with a Syrian injured man who wounded during an explosion at Midan neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Jan. 6, 2012. The Arab League halted its observer mission to Syria on Saturday, sharply criticizing the regime of President Bashar Assad for escalating violence in recent days that has killed at least 80 people across the country.

This citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released on early Friday January 27, 2012, purports to show five dead bodies of Syrian children wrapped in plastic bags, who activists say were killed by the shelling of the Syrian forces, in the Karm el-Zaytoun neighborhood of Homs, Syria, on Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. A "terrifying massacre" in the restive Syrian city of Homs has killed more than 30 people, including small children, in a barrage of mortar fire.

In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for the media, an injured Syrian army soldier lies on his bed at a hospital, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for an ambush which killed 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers on Thursday and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security.

Syrian doctors treat a wounded Syrian man, who was injured during clashes between Syrian security forces and anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Wednesday March 23, 2011. Syrian security forces shot live ammunition and tear gas early Wednesday near a mosque where protesters have been camped out in southern Syria, killing six people including a paramedic, activists said.

Syrian models wear creations during a competition for Syrian fashion designers with 12 participants, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. The competition is the first of its kind in Syria, which in recent years has been trying to open up and soften its image as an authoritarian country, and is meant to encourage young Syrian talents.