Kerry warns of violence if peace talks fail
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Kerry waded again into the nitty-gritty of…
Jordan
Largest camp for Syrian refugees becoming a city
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, photo, Syrian refugees build a makeshift house at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Jordan.…
Kerry to Mideast, Europe on damage control mission
By MATTHEW LEE Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, during a ceremony to dedicate a bust of Winston…
UN: SYRIA REFUGEE CRISIS HURTING REGION’S ECONOMY
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Portuguese Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, right, shakes hands with US Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns, left, prior the High Level…
MORTAR ROUND LANDS IN RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS
By JAMAL HALABY and JIM HEINTZ In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 photo, a Syrian child looks out from his home during heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar…
SYRIAN REBELS SEIZE CONTROL OF CHRISTIAN VILLAGE
By JAMAL HALABY In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with…
A LOOK AT SYRIA DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
By The Associated Press A US Air Force plane takes off from the Incirlik airbase, southern Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama said he has decided that…
A LOOK AT SYRIA DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
By The Associated Press The convoy of U.N. experts cross into Lebanon at the Lebanese border crossing point of Masnaa, eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. The U.N.…