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** FILE ** A U.S. Marine squad leader patrols alongside an Afghan National Army lieutenant in Helmand province in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

‘What-ifs’ remain for final U.S. pullout in Afghanistan

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration Hagal by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Choices for a shrinking global presence

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Yemeni soldiers stand guard outside a state security court during a trial of suspected al Qaeda militants in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Yemen's state security court has sentenced five people to up to 10 years in prison for carrying out attacks against security forces and supporting the group logistically in the southern province of Abyan in 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen court sentences alleged 5 al Qaeda militants

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Al Qaeda’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

British government extradites al Qaeda suspect

Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (Associated Press)

Senate releases scathing report on Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Women wearing veils, as mandated by Islamist group Ansar Dine, walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali, on Oct. 18, 2012. (Associated Press

Al Qaeda carves out own country in Mali

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Yemen: Al Qaeda offers bounty for U.S. ambassador, soldiers

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Embassy Row: Hit list

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

A Yemeni soldier stands guard at a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Gunmen on motorbikes assassinated two Yemeni army officers in Sanaa, the capital, while clashes between the military and tribal fighters loyal to al Qaeda in a northeastern province killed three soldiers and several tribesmen, officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen violence kills 5 soldiers, 11 tribesmen

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemen: 2 militants killed in U.S. airstrike

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, shakes hands with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, right, during their joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Karzai says he’ll meet with Obama in Washington

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns listens to a question from a journalist at a press conference following the meeting of the "Friends of the Syrian People" in Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Delegates from more than 100 countries gathered to pledge their support to the Syrian people as the new opposition coalition called for more concrete aid in their struggle against President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Arabic at back left reads "Syrian." (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Newly recognized Syrian coalition hits U.S. terrorist designation

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is massive, meticulous

By CHRISTY LEMIRE - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Obama gives Syrian rebels recognition

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he prepares himself for advance, close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, on Dec. 10, 2012. The gains by rebel forces came as the European Union denounced the Syrian conflict, which activists say has killed more than 40,000 people. (Associated Press)

Extremists among Syrian rebels who seized base

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

World Briefs: Netanyahu says world has double standards

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Libyan military guards inspect the burnt-out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megaref to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the consulate. (Associated Press)

U.S. knew for years of Benghazi extremism

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

World Briefs: Pyongyang mulls delay for rocket launch

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** The drone-strike killing in June of Al Qaeda’s erstwhile second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, is said to be affecting al Qaeda’s numbers and morale, causing some jihadis to leave Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Pakistan: U.S. drone kills senior al Qaeda leader

By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press