Syrian wedding photographer uses war-torn Homs as backdrop

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CBC News Posted: Feb 09, 2016 4:08 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 09, 2016 4:08 PM ET

Photographer Jafar Meray has received international coverage for his pictures.

On his most recent shoot, Meray was joined by Agence France-Presse news photographer Joseph Eid, who took these photos.

Meray told AFP photographer Joseph Eid, who accompanied him on the recent shoot, that he used the destruction of Homs as a backdrop to show that 'life is stronger than death.' (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty)

Meray posted some of his shots on Facebook.  Homs, about 160 kilometres north of Damascus, served as the opposition capital until rebel forces withdrew.

The pull-out by rebel forces was a condition of a UN-brokered 2015 cease fire. Now, heavily damaged after five years of fighting, the once-populous city is largely an abandoned ruin. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty)

Merhi,18, and Youssef, 27, a soldier in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army, posed amid the ruins of the war-torn city of Homs after their wedding. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty)

Canada is ending airstrikes in Syria while adding trainers on the ground.

On Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada's bombing missions in Syria would end by Feb. 22, while detailing a three-year humanitarian mission.

Youssef wears the uniform of a Syrian soldier who, over the course of five years of civil war, would have fought alongside the forces responsible for much of the damage to Homs. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty)

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