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Secretary of State John F. Kerry hopes to keep the Ukraine situation separate from his push for a new dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Syria, U.S. officials said Monday. (Associated Press)

John Kerry to push Vladimir Putin for help in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this picture taken on Friday, April 17, 2015, 16-year-old Anas Baroudi shows his missing left foot, lost almost three years ago in the civil war in Syria, on his bed at the Dar Al-Salameh center for recovery and physiotherapy, in Kilis town near the Syrian border in Turkey. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Near Syrian border, wounded fighters and civilians recover

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows Nusra Front fighters walking in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. Hard-line Syrian rebel groups entered the strategic town Saturday in northwestern Syria, sending government troops fleeing after intense clashes that have seen them take nearly all of a crucial province. Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, has killed some 220,000 people, and wounded at least 1 million. (Al-Nusra Front Twitter page via AP)

Syrian insurgents capture military base in northwest

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This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows Nusra Front fighters in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. Hard-line Syrian rebel groups entered the strategic town Saturday in northwestern Syria, sending government troops fleeing after intense clashes that have seen them take nearly all of a crucial province. Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, has killed some 220,000 people, and wounded at least 1 million. (Al-Nusra Front Twitter page via AP)

Syrian air raids target rebel-held town in northwest

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CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Connecting Engel to Rolling Stone a spin factory bias

By Christopher Harper

Palestinian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk wait at the gate of the camp to receive aid supplies from the United Nations on the southern edge of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The deteriorating situation brought on by Syria's civil war prompted the U.N. Security Council to call an emergency meeting Monday, April 6, 2015, to discuss Yarmouk, calling for safe evacuation for the Palestinians, protection for the refugees, and humanitarian access to the camp. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

EDITORIAL: ISIS takes over Syrian refugee camp, no one comes to rescue

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this frame grab from video provided by CBSNews/60 Minutes, in New York, &quot;60 Minutes&quot; contributor Charlie Rose, left, interviews Syrian President Bashar Assad, Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says he would be open to a dialogue with the United States, but that it must be &quot;based on mutual respect,&quot; during the interview scheduled to be broadcast Sunday, March 29. (AP Photo/CBSNews/60 Minutes)

CHRISTOPHER HARPER: ‘60 Minutes’ Bashar Assad interview just latest case of malfeasance for program

By Christopher Harper

FILE- In this Friday, March 1, 2013 file photo, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. The Nusra Front, Syria's al-Qaida affiliate, is consolidating power in territory stretching from the Turkish border to central and southern Syria, crushing moderate opponents and forcibly converting minorities using tactics akin to its ultraconservative rival, the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Al Qaeda in Syria seizes large parts of northern city

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Iran letter could derail bad deal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this March 13, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to a meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In an interview with CBS News, Kerry said the U.S. is pushing for Syrian President Bashar Assad to seriously discuss a transition strategy to quell the Arab country's four-year civil war. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool, File)

CLAUDE SALHANI: Kerry throws Assad a major victory

By Claude Salhani

Illustration on Russian inroads to the Middle East by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

HERBERT LONDON, RADEK LAKOMY: Vladimir Putin fills Obama void in Middle East

By Herbert London and Radek Lakomy

Leading the way: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attended a meeting with environmental officials and activists at his residence in Tehran on Sunday. Iran's supreme leader holds a deep mistrust of America. (Associated Press)

Iran using Obama sanctions relief to undermine U.S. interests in Middle East, senator says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo released Wednesday, March 4, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Portuguese state television, RTP, in Damascus, Syria. Assad denied that his troops drop barrels bombs on civilians telling a journalist: &quot;You are talking about massive propaganda.&quot; (AP Photo/SANA)

Syria says it killed military leader of al-Qaida group

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Iranian Nuclear threat Against Israel Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Israel can’t take Iran threat for granted

By Donald Lambro

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing a bill that would allow for arbitrary searches and detentions without charges. (Associated Press)

CLAUDE SALHANI: How Turkey miscalculated in the Mideast

By Claude Salhani

In this photo released on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during an interview with the BBC, in Damascus, Syria. Assad said in comments published Tuesday that his government has been receiving general messages from the American military about airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group inside Syria but that there is no direct cooperation. (AP Photo/SANA)

Bashar Assad claims Syria is in the loop on U.S.-led strikes on Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"U.S. policymakers refuse to accurately name the movement as radical Islam. We further choose not to define it nor explain its ideology, and most critical, we have no comprehensive strategy to stop it or defeat it," said retired Army Gen. John Keane. (Associated Press)

Obama lacks strategy to stop Islamic State expansion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah leaves after special prayers for late King Fahd at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Turk bin Abdullah mosque. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. (AP Photo)

Saudi state TV reports: King Abdullah has died at 90

By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shares a meal with Syrian troops during his visit on the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria. Assad has made a rare visit to the front line of his country's civil war, spending New Year's Eve with his troops in a tense eastern Damascus neighborhood. (AP Photo/SANA)

Bashar Assad’s forces boosted with special suicide bomber team

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times