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19 photos of the life of Free Syrian Army fighters

Jeremy BerkeJan 30, 2016, 22:39 IST

A Free Syrian Army fighter carries a copy of the Koran as he walks along a street in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, Syria July 6, 2015.REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

As Syria's bloody civil war enters into its fifth year, the conflict shows no signs of abating.

The FSA, led by Colonel Riad al-Asaad, was founded in 2011 and is composed of former military defectors, and touts itself as a more moderate alternative to the various jihadist factions operating across Syria, reports the BBC.

Reuters photographers give us a firsthand look of what it's like to be a soldier in the Free Syrian Army (FSA).