SYRIA-CONFLICT-COMMUNICATIONS

SYRIA-CONFLICT-COMMUNICATIONS

A man stands on a rooftop as he tries to find a signal for his cell phone in the besieged rebel bastion of Douma, northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus on October 26, 2014. Syria’s war began as a peaceful protest movement demanding political change, but morphed into a civil war after Assad’s regime unleashed a brutal crackdown against dissent. AFP PHOTO/ ABD DOUMANY