Rais Assad alihutubia taifa wakati mapigano yakiongezeka

Picha ya Rais Bashar al-Assad iiliyotolewa na Shirika la Habari la Syria SANA, akitoa hotuba kwa taifa kwenye ukumbi wa maonesho mjini Damascus, Syria, January 6, 2013.

Rais Bashar al-Assad akiwapungia mkono mashabiki wake baada ya kulihutubia taifa mjini Damascus, Syria, January 6, 2013.

Demonstrators hold a sign that reads "The Arab spring will turn you (Syrian President Bashar al-Assad) into soap bubbles that will disappear" during a protest in Habeet near Idlib, Syria, January 6, 2013.

Free Syrian Army fighters, wounded during the battle to capture Taftanaz air base, receive treatment at a field hospital in northern Idlib, Syria, January 6, 2013.

A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, January 6, 2013.

Men leave the old city of Aleppo, Syria, January 6, 2013.

A man rides his bicycle past buildings damaged by shelling in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, January 6, 2013.

A family crosses a street piled with garbage in Aleppo, Syria, January 5, 2013.