A member of the Free Syrian Army sits on a sofa in the middle of a debris-strewn street in Deir al-Zor, Syria, on April 2, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via The Atlantic)

People walking down a street are pictured through a hole in a building in Deir al-Zor April 4, 2013. Picture taken April 4, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A Syrian opposition fighter rubs dust from his face in the Jabilleh neighborhood of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, during clashes with regime forces as they try to retake the area on February 16, 2013. (Photo by Zac Baillie/AFP Photo via The Atlantic)

A general view of damaged buildings in Jouret al-Shayah, Homs February 2, 2013. Picture taken on February 2, 2013. (Photo by Yazen Homsy/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A resident inspects the damages at an ancient Souk caused by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zor, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A group of Syrian Free Army activists inspect a damaged mosque at the Sheikh Yassine district area in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, on February 16, 2013.(Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via The Atlantic)

People walk on a street lined with buildings damaged by what activists said were missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Deir Al-Zor, on March 12, 2013. (Photo by Muhammad Younis/Reuters/Shaam News Network via The Atlantic)

A burning tank is in Daraa, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Ali Abu-Salah/Reuters/Shaam News Network via The Atlantic)

A woman wearing a scarf depicting the Syrian opposition flag walks in the damaged areas in Deir al-zor, March 3, 2013. Picture taken March 3, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via The Atlantic)

People inspect damaged areas in Deir al-Zor, on March 3, 2013. (Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A Syrian street vendor who sells cigarette boxes, sits in front of destroyed shops which were damaged by the shelling of the Syrian forces, at Maarat al-Nuaman town, in Idlib province, on February 26, 2013. Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while fierce clashes raged around a police academy west of the city, activists said. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo via The Atlantic)

A view of a damaged building in Houla, near Homs, on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Maysara Al-Masri/Reuters/Shaam News Network via The Atlantic)

Vehicles burn near a crater on a road after an explosion at central Damascus February 21, 2013, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. The big explosion shook the central Damascus district of Mazraa on Thursday, residents said, and Syrian state media blamed what it said was a suicide bombing on “terrorists” battling President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian television broadcast footage of at least four bodies strewn along a main street and firefighters dousing the charred remains of dozens of burning vehicles. Black smoke billowed into the sky. (Photo by Sana/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A boy holds a bicycle near debris and damaged buildings in Homs, on March 25, 2013. (Photo by Yazan Homsy/Reuters via The Atlantic)

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, injured Syrians sit on the ground while flames and smoke rise from burned cars after a huge explosion that shook central Damascus, Syria, Thursday, February 21, 2013. A car bomb shook central Damascus on Thursday, exploding near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy, eyewitnesses and opposition activists said. (Photo by Sana/AP Photo via The Atlantic)

Damaged cars are piled up, used as cover from snipers in the Khaldiyeh area of Homs, on February 19, 2013. (Photo by Yazan Homsy/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A mirror stands inside an old damaged house in Homs, on March 16, 2013. (Photo by Yazen Homsy/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A view of damaged buildings on Abu al-Hol street, Homs, on February 2, 2013. (Photo by Yazen Homsy/Reuters via The Atlantic)

Destroyed buildings along streets filled with debris in Homs, on February 19, 2013. (Photo by Khaled Tellawi/Reuters/Shaam News Network via The Atlantic)

Sobhi al-Hamod, 60, lives with his family in an underground cave used for shelter from Syrian government forces in Idlib province, on February 28, 2013. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo via The Atlantic)

Nihal, 9, in the entrance of an underground Roman tomb used as shelter from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province,on February 28, 2013. Across northern Syria, rebels, soldiers, and civilians are making use of the country's wealth of ancient and medieval antiquities to protect themselves from Syria's two-year-old war. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo via The Atlantic)

Sami (center) speaks with his children in an underground Roman tomb which he uses with his family as shelter from Syrian government forces, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, on February 28, 2013. The ancient sites are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries, and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and roads. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo via The Atlantic)

A painting of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad riddled with bullet holes, on the facade of the police academy in Aleppo, after it was captured by Free Syrian Army fighters, on March 4, 2013. (Photo by Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A damaged car in rubble in Al-Ansari neighborhood after what activists said was a missile attack by Syrian Air Forces in Aleppo, on February 3, 2013. (Photo by Aaref Hretani/Reuters via The Atlantic)

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a factory after what activists say was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at al-Haidariah area in Aleppo, on February 8, 2013. (Photo by Malek AlShemali/Reuters via The Atlantic)

An excavator is used to search for casualties under the rubble at a site hit by what activists said was a Scud missile in Aleppo's Ard al-Hamra neighborhood, on February 23, 2013. Rockets struck eastern districts of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city, killing at least 29 people and trapping a family of 10 in the ruins of their home, activists in the city said. (Photo by Muzaffar Salman/Reuters via The Atlantic)

In this Tuesday March 19, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, black smoke rises from buildings due to government forces shelling, in Aleppo. (Photo by AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC via The Atlantic)

A Syrian rebel takes position behind a makeshift barricade during clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, on March 16, 2013. (Photo by J. M. Lopez/AFP Photo via The Atlantic)

A Syrian woman sits on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed in an airstrike by government warplanes a few days earlier, killing 11 members of her family, in the neighborhood of Ansari, Aleppo, on February 6, 2013. (Photo by Abdullah al-Yassin/AP Photo via The Atlantic)

Damaged buildings in the Jdeideh district of Aleppo, on February 20, 2013. (Photo by George Ourfalian/Reuters via The Atlantic)

A Syrian man fumigates a street covered with uncollected garbage in the northern city of Aleppo, on March 24, 2013. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo via The Atlantic)

A child stands on the remnants of a destroyed military vehicle in front of a damaged building in Al Inzarat district of Aleppo, on February 17, 2013. (Photo by Hamid Khatib/Reuters via The Atlantic)