In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel fighter helps another to put his belt as they prepare to head to Aleppo to fight government forces, at their headquarters in Suran, 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)
