Credit Mark Abramson
Photo: Poh Si Teng and Ben Laffin; Video: Poh Si Teng and Ben Laffin
Credit Luis Mallo
Credit Robert Frank
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Syrian men carry the wounded after a reported airstrike on the rebel-held town of Douma, northeast of the capital, Damascus.”
Mourners in the Lebanese village of Arab Salim at the funeral of Mohammed Issa, a Hezbollah military leader who was among six fighters killed in an Israeli strike on the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights.”
Protesters wore gas masks during clashes with the police in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain, where a demonstration was held against the arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman, the head of the main Shiite opposition al-Wefaq party. Mr. Salman was taken into custody on Dec. 28, apparently as part of a rolling government crackdown on political opponents that has ensnared hundreds of dissidents and stretched for years.”
