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** File ** Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, Dec 17, 2012. (Associated Press)

Suicide central: Syria a magnet for youth seeking ‘death as a path to life’

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Syrian refugee man looks out of his family room in an old deserted building where they live, as a strong wind blows the fabric door and passes through the alley into the building modified for a dozen Syrian refugee families from storerooms, during a snowstorm in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Obama mulls support for Islamists in Syria, with conditions

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken on May 24, 2012, Spanish reporters Javier Espinosa, right, and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, left, pose for a photo during the ceremony of the Miguel Gil journalisms awards in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish newspaper El Mundo says one of its reporters and a freelance photographer are being held hostage in Syria by a group linked to al Qaeda. (AP Photo/Joan Borras)

Spanish journalists kidnapped by al Qaeda group in Syria

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama finishes speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 16, 2013, about the Boston Marathon explosions. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers see ‘false narrative’ of Obama as a terrorist fighter

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Syria nightmare: Fresh fears about al Qaeda fighters there returning home as sleeper terrorists

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Algeria kills high-level al Qaeda leader, official says

By Aomar Ouali - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Syrian rebel fighter returns from fighting Syrian army forces in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

American jihad: U.S. officials worried over number of citizens headed to Syria

Associated Press

Afghan soldiers arrive at the scene after a powerful suicide vehicle bomb tore through Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The deadly bomb targeted a site where thousands of elders are to gather next week to discuss a controversial security agreement with the United States, which would allow U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after the final withdrawal of international combat troops at the end of 2014, officials said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan troops will need help for years

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

BLOODSHED: Lebanese men carry the body of a victim of explosions that struck near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, in a stronghold of Hezbollah. (Associated Press)

Obama sees Beirut terrorist attack as common ground with Iran in nuclear talks

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Supporters of Iraq's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, listen to their leader, Ammar al-Hakim, during a rally to mark Muharram, an important period of mourning for Shiites, in Baghdad on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. The Remembrance of Muharram marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, during which Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Attacks in Iraq during religious observance kill 22

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

**FILE** Soldiers gather at a former camp for Islamic extremists near Marti, Nigeria, on June 5, 2013. Oil-rich Nigeria is threatened by the terrorist group Boko Haram. (Associated Press)

U.S. designates Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram as terrorist organization

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pakistani youths gather at the spot at which Nasiruddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the feared militant Haqqani network, was assassinated at an Afghan bakery in the Bhara Kahu area on the outskirts of Islamabad on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Senior leader of Haqqani militant network shot dead in Islamabad

By Kathy Gannon and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Libyan rebels were armed with SA-7s to help topple dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but weapons merchants have set up large operations with no interference. (Associated Press)

Missiles flow into Syria, risk falling into hands of al Qaeda

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Al Qaeda makes its presence known in a Muslim area of Kano, Nigeria. The increasingly active and growing Islamic Maghreb is threatening to further destabilize fragile governments in heavily Islamic North Africa. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for killing two French journalists

Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Wahington Times

FITTON: Clinton White House ignored 9/11 warnings

By Tom Fitton

Members of an Iraqi Shiite fighters militant group called Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhadaa chant slogans against the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army rebel group and the al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra as they carry the coffin of a Shiite fighter during a funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo)

Syria becomes largest home to al Qaeda; jihadists find safe haven to plot attacks

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Iraqi policemen search a car at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to speak about his country's plight to a Washington audience tonight, a day ahead of a White House meeting with President Barack Obama. The two leaders plan to discuss Iraq's request for more weapons, training and manpower to battle deadly attacks by a resurgent al-Qaida in Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi premier asks U.S. for arms, intel to battle al Qaeda

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) walks with Rep. Eliot L. Engel (right), New York Democrat, and Rep. Edward R. Royce, California Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, before their meeting. Earlier, the prime minister met with Vice President Joseph R. Biden. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Iraqi prime minister: U.S. aid needed to battle al Qaeda

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

U.S. Army training photo by Spc. Cody A. Thompson, 40th Public Affairs Detachment.

U.S. military commandos fought in Benghazi

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the Naval Observatory. (Associated Press)

Al-Maliki visit presents a delicate challenge for administration

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times