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,…
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UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters 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…
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…
LEBANESE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PREMIER’S RESIGNATION
By ZEINA KARAM Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, center, leaves after he announced his resignation, at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. Lebanon’s prime minister has…
OBAMA VOWS UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
By JULIE PACE and MATTHEW LEE President Barack Obama is greeted by Israeli President Shimon Perez, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion…
COMMANDER: CONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER WAY FOR SYRIA
By DONNA CASSATA and RICHARD LARDNER Adm. James G. Stavridis, commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, before…