Watchdog accuses Syria’s Kurdish party of abuses
By BARBARA SURK United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres greets a Syrian child during his visit to Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Guterres…
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FBI: Awaiting confirmation of terror suspect death
By DAVID N. GOODMAN This undated image provided by the FBI shows Fawzi Ayoub. His name appears on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list, but reports from Lebanon said he…
SYRIA DRIVES REBELS FROM SITE OF ALLEGED KILLINGS
This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian men helping a survivor…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
SYRIA PROPOSES ALEPPO CEASE-FIRE, PRISONER SWAP
By ZEINA KARAM and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem enter a hall hand in hand for their talks in Moscow, Russia,…
BODY OF ISRAEL’S ARIEL SHARON LIES IN STATE
By ARON HELLER Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Knesset plaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Sharon, the…
ARIEL SHARON, FORMER ISRAELI PM, DIES AT 85
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this Wednesday Feb. 7, 2001 file photo, Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s Prime Minister-elect, looks up as he touches Judaism holiest site, the Western Wall,…
ROCKETS FIRED FROM LEBANON INTO ISRAEL
A Lebanese army soldier holds remains of a rocket that struck northern Israel, while inspecting an area in the southern village of Sarada, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Rockets from…