Portraits from the frontline: Syrian rebels pose

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Ammar Aldeerani, 21, a defected soldier from the Syrian security forces

As they waited to return to the fight against government forces, rebels at a house in Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo posed for portraits for AP photographer Muhammed Muheisen. In their former lives, before the war, they were a construction worker, a farmer, even a librarian. Two of them are former government soldiers.?

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Hamzah Alhassan, 25, a former blacksmith

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Abu Muslim, 30, a former librarian

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Shadi Farrouh, 28, a former construction worker

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Abu Faris, 28, a defected officer from the Syrian security forces

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Ahmad Hussein, 22, a former factory worker

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

Abu Bara', 30, a former farmer

Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

After months of protests and violent crackdowns, a look back at the violence that has overtaken the country.

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Source: http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/06/13709868-portraits-from-the-frontline-syrian-rebels-pose-in-aleppo?lite

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