Damascus Checkpoint, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo taken by VOA Middle East correspondent Elizabeth Arrott while traveling through Damascus with government escorts.
Elizabeth Arrott
<i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/photo-galleries/137678273.html">A View of Syria, Under Government Crackdown</a></i>. VOA News photo gallery