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**FILE** Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, speaks June 30, 2012, during a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva. (Associated Press/Keystone)

Kofi Annan to step down as Syria envoy

Associated Press

**FILE** Palestinian mourners carry the body of Akram Badr, 46, during his funeral July 31, 2012, in the village of Beitillu near in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Badr was killed the previous day at a checkpoint by the Israeli security forces near Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

Palestinians brace for repercussions over U.N. bid

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Attendees at an Arab League conference on Syria on Monday, July 2, 2012, in Cairo include (from left) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu; Khalid Al Attiya, Qatar minister of state for international cooperation; Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister Hoshyar Zebari; Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby; Sheik Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, the Kuwaiti foreign minister; Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr; and Palestinian envoy Nasser Al Qudwa. (AP Photo)

Syrian opposition makes new push to unite

By Aya Batrawy and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

The flags of NATO member countries fly outside the alliance's headquarters in Brussels in June 2007. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Turkey jet crisis unlikely to pull NATO into Syria

By Slobodan Lekic and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed Saturday, May 5, 2012, a U.N. observer, right, inspects what residents of the town of Taftanaz, Syria, tell him is a mass grave. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

U.N. official says no to Syria amnesty

By Don Melvin - Associated Press

Pro-Syrian-government demonstrators hold Baath party flags and a picture of President Bashar Assad at a rally at Sabe Bahrat Square in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, April 7, 2012, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Baath Arab Socialist Party. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Syria scuttles peace plan with new demands

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by the Syria media center Thursday, March 29, 2012, purports to show black smoke riding from buildings in Homs, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Syria Media Center via APTN)

Syria says it won’t be first to lay down arms

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Ahmad al-Qattan (center), Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the League of Arab States, attends the annual Arab League summit in Baghdad on March, 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis

By Abdullah Al-Shihri - Associated Press

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad on Thursday, March, 29, 2012. Only 10 leaders of the 22-member bloc are in attendance. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Fewer than half of Arab leaders attend Iraq summit

By Hamza Hendawi and Lara Jakes - Associated Press

Demonstrators in Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, chant slogans in support of the Arab Summit scheduled to start Thursday in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo)

Arab ministers want Syria to halt crackdown

By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

People inspect the scene of a car-bomb attack in Kirkuk on Tuesday. Bombings and shootings in eight cities across Iraq killed 46 and wounded more than 200 as Baghdad prepared to host this year's summit of the Arab world's top leaders. (Associated Press)

Attacks that killed 46 in 8 Iraqi cities before summit appear connected

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

A man stands at the scene of a car-bomb attack in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Officials say attacks across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people in a spate of violence that was expected in the days before Baghdad hosts the Arab world's top leaders. (AP Photo)

Attacks in 8 Iraq cities kill 46 ahead of summit

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Syria uses land mines at borders

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Opponents of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad hold up Kurdish flags Wednesday at a rally in Qamishli, Syria, in an image provided by activists, the authenticity of which could not be independently verified. (Associated Press)

Conferees to demand Syria allow foreign aid

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S. not ready to back U.N. peace force

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Activists: Syrian rebels repel attack on town

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

The Syrian flag and a sign in Arabic that reads "the Syrian Arabic Republic" mark the empty chair of the Syrian representative during the Arab League Syria Group and foreign ministers meeting Sunday in Cairo. The group is seeking to halt the bloodshed in the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)

Arab League seeks U.N. monitor

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard Monday during a rally of anti-regime demonstrators in Idlib, Syria. The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria, and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in an escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power. (Associated Press)

U.S. shuts embassy in Syria as Obama tells Assad to go

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester holds a poster in Arabic that reads, "to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you," as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Activists say 23 dead in Syria violence

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian flags during a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, to express gratitude for Russia's support of Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrian army launches offensive near Damascus

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press