突發新聞
Fabio Bucciarelli
義大利，法新社
突發新聞 系列報導 第二名
在敘利亞，反對總統阿塞德政權的抗爭仍持續進行中，北部的商業大城阿勒坡也在數起死傷最慘重的衝突中淪為戰場。政府軍與反叛軍都視控制阿勒坡具有重要戰略意義。反政府的敘利亞自由軍在七月時首次攻佔該市部分地區，接下來的幾個月內，政府軍試圖奪回失地，成果卻十分有限。在2012年底，政府軍掌控了阿勒坡的西區，反叛軍則據守大部分的東區與南區。數場最激烈的衝突都發生在阿勒坡舊城區及周邊區域。
Fabio Bucciarelli
Italy, Agence France-Presse
2nd Prize Spot News Stories
The Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo was the scene of some of the bloodiest clashes in the ongoing uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Both government and opposition forces considered control of Aleppo to be strategically important. The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) first seized parts of the city in July. In the months that followed, government forces battled to recapture it, with limited success. By the end of the year, the Syrian military had control over a western segment of the city, with the rebels entrenched in much of the east and south. Some of the fiercest fighting was in and around the Old City.
