ACTIVISTS: NEARLY 500 DEAD IN SYRIA REBEL CLASHES
In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the…
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SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE
By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to…
ACTIVIST: AL-QAIDA GROUP IN SYRIA KILLS 20 REBELS
In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians hold copies…
KERRY: US WILL SUPPORT IRAQ, BUT WITHOUT TROOPS
By DEB RIECHMANN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Kerry is heading to…
POPE’S CHRISTMAS WISH: HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday,…
UN FINDS SYSTEMATIC DISAPPEARANCES IN SYRIA
By JOHN HEILPRIN and BARBARA SURK In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, and released Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, which has been…
ISRAEL, LEBANON MOVE TO EASE TENSIONS
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli soldiers stand guard in Rosh Hanikra, Israel near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Israel’s army said Monday its troops shot…
UN: $12.9 BILLION AID NEEDED IN 2014
\By JOHN HEILPRIN A Syrian refugee woman fetches water at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Tens of thousands of…