Inside Syria – ORIGINAL

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View over the mountains east of Al Janoudiyah, Province of Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Some villagers and members of the defence units escaped to surrounding olive orchards, when the attack begun in the early morning. A majority of the inhabitants didn´t manage to escape. Kureen, province Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

A demonstration with some 1.000 people after friday prayer in the Village of Al Kastan, Province of Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

View down to the village of Kureen after it was been attacked by syrian troops. February 22nd the syrian army attacked the village in the Province of Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

A boy in front of totally destroyed house after an assault by Syrian army. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Inhabitants of Kureen, Province of Idlib, gather for the funeral of four men and one woman who were killed during a full scale military attack on the village in February. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

A soldier of the Free Syrian Army climbs a tree to get a better view of his village under heavy shelling. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

The four victims after the attack on the village of Kureen are prepared for burial. Kureen, Province Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Members of the Free Syrian Army entering Syria from Turkey by a improvised river crossing near Al Janoudiyah, Province of Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Bullet holes in the entrance door of small fashion shop looted by syrian troops. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Chlidren try to get on the top of the mosques wall to get a glimpse of the seven bodies lying inside the mosque in Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

In February the syrian army attacked and ransacked the village of Kureen. The small town was among the first in the northwest of Syria to be controlled by the opposition. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Soldiers of the Free Syrian Army resting at a campfire during their exhausting walk across the mountainous border from Turkey to Syria, Al Janoudiyah. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

A business owner climbs out of her shop looted by members of the Syrian Army. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

A Soldier of the Free Syrian Army passes a skull graffity at a wall in makeshift headquarters of the FSA in Al Janoudiyah, Province of Idlib. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

Seven executed men were discovered in an abandoned house south of Idlib. All victims were detained by Syrian police two monthes earlier. They were all handcuffed and shot point blank. Timo Vogt/Bildrand

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More than a year ago Syrians started to rise up against their government. From the onset their quest for freedom and more democracy was met with systematic repression. Meanwhile the country is on the brink of full scale civil war.

Today, the struggle inside Syria goes on while the international community is outraged by the violent response of the regime to the mostly peaceful protesters. The UN seems unable to find the common ground in order to mount enough pressure on Bashar Al-Asad’s regime. The german photojournalist Timo Vogt had the opportunity to enter Syria together with a group of rebels from Turkey. He has been inside the country twice over the past few months. His images have become a testimony of the ongoing conflict of which the massacre in Hula marks the peak for the time being. (All images Timo Vogt/Randbild)