In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel sleeps after returning back from fighting government forces in Aleppo, at a rebel headquarters in Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Rebels have taken a major stride in uniting their ranks in the battle for Syria’s largest city, giving them hope they could tip the balance in three-months of bloody stalemate in Aleppo, one of the biggest prizes of the civil war.. The question is how much more destruction the city can bear. Regime troops are retaliating with heavier bombardment, and civilians are bearing the brunt, their neighborhoods left in rubble. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
