Huffington Magazine Issue 10 | Page 9

Enter Syria: Torn Apart More than a year after the Free Syrian Army began an insurrection to remove President Bashar al-Assad, fighting has escalated into civil war, the death toll nears 20,000 and al-Assad remains in power— while his former prime minister defected to the opposition last month. This is what life in Syria looks like today. REPORTAGE BY GETTY IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAURENT VAN DER STOCKT PHOTO OR ILLUSTRATION CREDIT TK MOVING IMAGE HUFFINGTON 08.19.12