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Photos: An up-close account of death in Damascus

Updated 1427 GMT (2227 HKT) March 15, 2013

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Photographer Goran Tomasevic, <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2013/01/30/deadly-sniper-shot-through-the-lens/" target="_blank">embedded with the Free Syrian Army</a>, captured an intense firefight and the death of a rebel fighter in Damascus on Wednesday, January 30. Here, a Free Syrian Army fighter gestures in front of a burning barricade during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Photographer Goran Tomasevic, embedded with the Free Syrian Army, captured an intense firefight and the death of a rebel fighter in Damascus on Wednesday, January 30. Here, a Free Syrian Army fighter gestures in front of a burning barricade during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus.
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Rebel fighters look back as they stand in front of a burning barricade during heavy fighting.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Rebel fighters look back as they stand in front of a burning barricade during heavy fighting.
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A rebel fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade during heavy fighting.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – A rebel fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade during heavy fighting.
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Fighters run for cover as a tank shell explodes.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Fighters run for cover as a tank shell explodes.
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Men shield their heads from debris.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Men shield their heads from debris.
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Fighters run through the debris.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Fighters run through the debris.
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Rebel fighters prepare to attack a Syrian Army checkpoint in Ain Tarma.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Rebel fighters prepare to attack a Syrian Army checkpoint in Ain Tarma.
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Free Syrian Army fighters take position just before being hit by Syrian Army sniper fire.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Free Syrian Army fighters take position just before being hit by Syrian Army sniper fire.
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Fighters, right, lie on the ground while being shot by snipers.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Fighters, right, lie on the ground while being shot by snipers.
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Snipers shot two men within moments of each other.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Snipers shot two men within moments of each other.
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A wounded man is dragged away.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – A wounded man is dragged away.
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The wounded man is pulled by his jacket.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – The wounded man is pulled by his jacket.
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Men push their comrade through a building.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Men push their comrade through a building.
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The fighter died soon after being dragged through the rubble.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – The fighter died soon after being dragged through the rubble.
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Free Syrian Army men carry their comrade.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – Free Syrian Army men carry their comrade.
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A wounded Free Syrian Army fighter cries after hearing that his friend has died.
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Death in Damascus: An up-close account – A wounded Free Syrian Army fighter cries after hearing that his friend has died.
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