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A wounded man is seen in the Sunni Muslim district of Baba Amro ...
Feb 20th, 2012
(Reuters) - A wounded man is seen in the Sunni Muslim district of Baba Amro in Homs in this February 8, 2012 file handout photo. Struggling to survive after two weeks of withering bombardment by Syrian forces, people in the Baba Amro district of Homs are packed four or five families to a house, relying on collected rain water and watching their wounded friends and relatives die for lack of medicines, residents say. Army shelling destroyed many houses in the poor neighbourhood of 80,000 people and the few field hospitals erected months ago are in ruins, activists say. REUTERS/Mulham Alnader/Handout/ Files (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -
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