SYRIAN OPPOSITION GETS LESSONS IN NEGOTIATING
By MIKE CORDER FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes…
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SYRIAN TROOPS SEIZE CONTROL OF STRATEGIC HIGHWAY
By BASSEM MROUE Syrian Muslims walk in the courtyard of the historic Umayyad Mosque before weekly prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. One of the oldest mosques in…
SEIZURE OF NUNS STOKES SYRIAN CHRISTIAN FEARS
By LEE KEATH A Syrian acolyte girl listens to the sermon, during prayers for nuns held by rebels, at the Greek Orthodox Mariamiya Church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8,…
IRAN SAYS OPPOSES FOREIGN PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrives to Saadabad palace for a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Karzai arrived in Tehran for a one-day…
YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
ISRAEL ENDS PROBE OF PALESTINIAN PROTESTER’S DEATH
By IAN DEITCH FILE – In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, Palestinian protester Mustafa Tamimi falls on the ground after being injured by a tear gas canister fired…
HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER KILLED OUTSIDE HOME IN LEBANON
This undated photo released by the Hezbollah Media Relation Office on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2013, shows Hassan al-Laqis, described by Hezbollah as one of the founding members of the group…
IRAN’S TOP DIPLOMAT MEETS WITH EMIRATI LEADER
By ADAM SCHRECK This image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, shows UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad…