THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS FLEE TO IRAQ; CRISIS FEARED
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and ZEINA KARAM In this photo provided by UNHCR officials and taken on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Syrian refugees cross the border toward Iraq at Peshkhabour border…
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EGYPT’S MUBARAK MAY BE RELEASED; 25 POLICE KILLED
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE — In this Saturday, April 13, 2013 file photo, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from behind bars as he attends a hearing…
SUNNI LEADER: HEZBOLLAH DRAGGING LEBANON INTO WAR
By RYAN LUCAS FILE – In this August 2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in the…
SHELLS HIT DAMASCUS AREA AS ASSAD ATTENDS PRAYERS
By ALBERT AJI and BARBARA SURK In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, third right in front row, alongside Syria’s grand mufti, second…
ACTIVISTS: SYRIAN TROOPS AMBUSH REBELS, KILL 62
By BASSEM MROUE FILE – In this June 18, 2013 file photo, citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and…
NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT VOWS SUPPORT FOR ASSAD
By BASSEM MROUE Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, sits in a meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as…
SYRIAN PRESIDENT SHOWING RENEWED CONFIDENCE
By ZEINA KARAM In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, right, visits the Umayyad Electrical Station on May Day, a day after a…
SYRIAN ENVOY: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAN’T BE TOLERATED
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, gestures as he speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Bashar Ja’afari says the use…