In a Tuesday, June 5, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel raises his AK-47, in front of the camera as he passes on a motorcycle next to the rubble of house that was destroyed during a military operation by the Syrian army in April 2012, in the town of Taftanaz,15 kilometers east of Idlib, Syria. At dawn on April 3, Syrian forces shelled the town in the first volley of what residents say was a massive assault after a string of large protests calling for the end of the autocratic rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)