Photo of the Day: A Brief Moment of Syrian Peace
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits near sandbags inside a damaged room in Deir al-Zor. Hamid Khatib is an independent...
![A Free Syrian Army fighter sits near sandbags inside a damaged room in Deir al-Zor August 18, 2013. Picture taken August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX12QJM](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2019/04/12/IR7DBZEW63FNHQ6SJAISGFURIQ.jpg?auto=webp&width=785&height=529.875)
![A Free Syrian Army fighter sits near sandbags inside a damaged room in Deir al-Zor August 18, 2013. Picture taken August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX12QJM](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2019/04/12/BPPYOLTJDLFEP77DFGMSIA7KUA.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits near sandbags inside a damaged room in Deir al-Zor
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits near sandbags inside a damaged room in Deir al-Zor.
Hamid Khatib is an independent photojournalist stringing for Reuters in Syria. His images of the Syrian rebel forces offer a very human view of a bloody conflict that has already taken nearly 100,000 lives. See more of his work on our site here and here.
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