SYRIAN TROOPS BATTLE REBELS OUTSIDE DAMASCUS
FILE – This Thursday, March 22, 2012 file photo shows a general view of Damascus, Syria. A barrage of rockets slammed into a contested district on the northeastern edge of…
Bashar Assad
EX-AMBASSADORS URGE US, RUSSIA TO MEND RIFT
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Former U.S. Ambassadors to Russia James Collins listens while other former Russian and U.S. ambassadors gather together at RIA Novosti in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 2, 2013.…
US RESTRAINT IN SYRIA COULD AID IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By LARA JAKES FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem,…
HAMAS RE-ELECTS MASHAAL AS ITS LEADER
By SARAH EL DEEB and KARIN LAUB FILE – In this this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, center, attends his father’s funeral at a Mosque in…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION PLUNGES INTO DISARRAY
By BEN HUBBARD FILE – In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John…
SYRIAN REBEL MILITARY LEADER REJECTS NEW PM
By BEN HUBBARD and JAMAL HALABY In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian doctors treat an injured man who was wounded at the Eman Mosque…
KERRY WARNS IRAQ ON IRAN FLIGHTS TO SYRIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry…
MOMENTUM WEAKENED FOR ASSAD’S OUSTER IN SYRIA
By LARA JAKES In this March 21, 2013 photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation…