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Photos: Syrian war's brutality isn't going away

Firefighters extinguish a burning vehicle after two mortar rounds struck the Abu Roumaneh area in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, October 12. More than 100,000 people reportedly have been killed in Syria since a popular uprising spiraled into a civil war in 2011. Click through to view the most compelling images taken since the start of the conflict:

An opposition fighter aims as others run for cover while they hold a position behind burning tires in the Salaheddin district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, October 9.

An opposition fighter smokes a cigarette as he takes a break following the injury of his friend in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Aleppo on October 9.

An opposition fighter from the Al-Ikhlas brigade guards a post in Deir Ezzor, Syria, on Wednesday, October 9.

Smoke rises after a mortar shell hit a residential area during fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels in Maaret al-Numan, Syria, on October, 9.

Rebel fighters cover a car in mud for camouflage at an undisclosed location in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, October 8.

Masked female rebel fighters walk alongside their trainer on a street in the Salaheddin district of Aleppo, Syria, on October 8.

A rebel fighter prays moments before heading into battle in Maaret al-Numan, Syria, on Monday, October 7.

A mother comforts her baby in an area where she and her family have taken shelter after fleeing their village turned battlefield in Syria's Idlib province on Sunday, September 22.

A man checks an AK-47 at his gun shop in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, September 21.

Free Syrian Army fighters take cover moments after firing a rocket toward government forces in the Idlib province of northern Syria on Friday, September 20.

Free Syrian Army fighters take cover during clashes with government forces in Idlib province on September 20.

Rebel fighters inspect a stairwell amid fighting against Syrian government forces on Thursday, September 19, in the Saif al-Dawla district of Aleppo, Syria.

Opposition fighters react after returning from the battlefield in the Idlib province countryside on September 19.

Smoke rises after a bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters in the Idlib province on September 19.

Rebel fighters aim their weapons during fighting against Syrian government forces on September 19 in the Saif al-Dawla district of Aleppo.

A Free Syrian Army fighter rests inside a cave at a rebel camp in Idlib province on Tuesday, September 17.

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a shooting position in Aleppo on September 8.

A Free Syrian Army fighter prays in a trench in the Damascus suburbs on September 8.

A soldier wears a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on his chest while at a market in old Damascus on September 8.

A man walks through a destroyed residential area of Saraqib, Syria, on Monday, September 9, following repeated airstrikes by government forces.

A funeral is held on September 11 for three Christian Syrians killed during battles with an al Qaeda-linked rebel group that took control of the historic Christian town of Maaloula from regime forces during the weekend.

A Syrian government tank is seen during clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters in Maaloula, Syria, on September 11.

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands guard inside a damaged house in Aleppo's Qastal al-Harami neighborhood on September 11.

A Syrian pro-government soldier aims his rifle as he patrols the streets of the Christian town of Maalula on Wednesday, September 11.

A sheet hangs across an alley way to shield fighters from sniper fire as a fighter of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command walks past destroyed buildings in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on September 12.

Buildings are heavily damaged in the Salah al-Din area of Aleppo on September 8.

<a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/world/gallery/issa-syria/index.html' target='_blank'>A boy named Issa</a>, 10, carries a mortar shell in a weapons factory of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo on Saturday, September 7. The boy works with his father in the factory.

Issa fixes a mortar launcher in the Aleppo weapons factory on September 7.

A bedroom lies in ruins after clashes between government forces and rebels around Ariha on September 7.

Syrian forces are seen in the Syrian Christian town of Maaloula on September 7.

A Syrian soldier prepares large-caliber bullets for a machine gun in Maaloula on September 7.

A man stands inside a home damaged by heavy shelling in Arbeen, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on September 7.

Men gather on the remains of a destroyed building after reported airstrikes by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Thursday, September 5.

Men observe the wreckage of a motorbike in the Syrian province of Idlib on September 5. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog said that Syrian war planes bombed rebel-held areas in Idlib, Aleppo, Hama and Lattakia.

A Free Syrian Army fighter looks through a hole from behind sandbags, while a fellow fighter reads the Quran in Deir Ezzor, Syria, on Tuesday, September 3. The United States and other Western nations blame the Assad regime for a chemical weapons attack that's believed to have killed more than 1,400 people.

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover as he watches forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad near Hanano barracks in Aleppo on September 3.

Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions behind piled sandbags, as one of them points his weapon, in Deir ez-Zor on September 2.

Syrian firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a missile hit a residential building in Damascus, Syria, on September 2.

A U.N. arms expert collects samples during an inspection of a suspected chemical weapons strike site in the Ghouta area outside Damascus on August 29.

People search for belongings in rubble in Raqqa, Syria, on August 29.

A U.N. team leaves its Damascus, Syria, hotel in a convoy on Monday, August 26. The team was to investigate an alleged chemical attack that killed hundreds last week in a suburb of the Syrian capital. Sniper fire hit a vehicle used by the U.N. chemical weapons investigation team multiple times Monday, according to the United Nations.

Pigeons lie dead on the ground on August 24 from after what activists say is the use of chemical weapons by government forces in the Damascus suburb of Arbeen.

Columns of smoke rise in Barzeh after heavy shelling on Friday, August 23.

A young Free Syrian Army fighter is reflected in a mirror as he takes position in a house in Aleppo on Thursday, August 22.

Syrian rebels claim pro-government forces used chemical weapons to kill citizens outside Damascus on Wednesday, August 21. People inspect bodies in this photo released by the Syrian opposition Shaam News Network.

Rebels move around a building in Aleppo on August 22.

People search the rubble of a bombed building in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, August 16.

Men bury the bodies of six members of the same family killed in a bombing in Raqqa on Saturday, August 10.

Syrian Army soldiers patrol a devastated street in Homs on Wednesday, July 31.

Free Syrian Army fighters move through a hole in a wall in Khan al-Assal on Monday, July 22, after seizing the town.

A rebel fighter walks past swings in a deserted playground in Deir al-Zor, Syria, on Sunday, July 21.

A rebel fighter speaks with a fellow fighter through a hole in a wall in Deir al-Zor on July 21.

A rebel fighter naps in a trench about 300 feet from the Syrian government forces' positions along the highway connecting Idlib with Latakia on Monday, July 15.

A rebel fighter uses a hole in the wall of a destroyed school to aim at Syrian government forces in the Izaa district of Aleppo on Sunday, July 14.

Syrian army soldiers take control of the village of Western Dumayna north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr on Monday, May 13. Syrian troops captured three villages in Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military officer told AFP.

Rebel fighters fire at government forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, May 12.

Searchers use a flashlight as they look for survivors among the rubble created by what activists say was a missile attack from the Syrian regime, in Raqqa province, Syria, on April 25.

People walk past destroyed houses in the northern Syrian town of Azaz on Sunday, April 21.

A member of the Free Syrian Army reacts to the death of a comrade who was killed in fighting, at Bustan al Qasr cemetery in Aleppo on Friday, March 1.

A Syrian woman looks through a bus window in Aleppo on February 14.

A Syrian rebel gestures at comrades from inside a broken armored personnel carrier in Al-Yaqubia on February 6.

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