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Syrian soccer fans follow their national team's match with Iran during their Round 3 - Group A World Cup qualifier at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Syria saves World Cup qualification bid with late equalizer

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 file photo, Syria's midfielder Abulrazaq al-Hussein, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's second goal against Saudi Arabia during their 2011 Asian Cup group B football match at Al-Rayyan Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha. Millions of Syrians may finally have something to be joyful about in the midst of a long-running and ruinous war. Syria’s national soccer team has a chance to qualify for next year’s World Cup. The Syrians play Iran on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 and a win will mean at least a spot in the playoffs.(AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Amid war, Syria hopes to reach World Cup for 1st time

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2017, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea supplying Syria chemical weapons program, U.N. says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Widow confirms open software pioneer was executed in Syria

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Confronting the current Middle East alignment

By Adm. James A. Lyons

The Latest: Syrian says it ceases operations near capital

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Illustration on a coming Middle East alignment by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Middle East peace requires specific Trump strategy

By James A. Lyons

Ark. judge backs order finding city set highway speed traps

Associated Press

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura informs the media one day before the resumption of the negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 15, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Syrian activists: Airstrikes on IS-held areas kill dozens

By PHILIP ISSA and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Small central Arkansas city to cease patrol of highways

Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ghouta Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows flames rising after an explosion near an airport west of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Syria's state media reported Thursday that Israel has attacked a military installation near the Damascus International Airport. SANA says Israel fired several missiles from inside the occupied Golan Heights south of the capital at a military installation near the capital's main airport, triggering several explosions and causing damage. (Ghouta Media Center via AP)

Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war

By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Lavrov said he expected the OPCW ( Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ) to conduct an extensive probe into the suspected nerve gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, which could produce a report within about three weeks, the British delegation to the commission said Thursday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

The Latest: Syria says will restore rule in evacuated towns

Associated Press

FILE -- In this Tuesday April 4, 2017 file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a man carrying a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. Turkey's health minister, Recep Akdag said Tuesday, April 11, 2017, that test results conducted on victims of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun confirm that sarin gas was used. (Edlib Media Center, via AP, File)

Turkey: Autopsies show sarin gas used against Syrian town

By BASSEM MROUE and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017 file photo, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. Turkey's health minister, Recep Akdag said Tuesday, April 11, 2017, that test results conducted on victims of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun confirm that sarin gas was used. Officials from the World Health Organization and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons participated in the autopsies. (Alaa Alyousef via AP, File)

The Latest: Revised UN resolution on Syria attack circulated

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Defense Secretary Rex W. Tillerson (left) has acknowledged that he and President Trump have different views on the nuclear accord and how the administration should use it going forward. (Associated Press/File)

Syria attack blurs focus on ISIS

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: US calls for transparency in UN Syria summit

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In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war. (Alaa Alyousef via AP)

Timeline of the Syria civil war and U.S. response

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 and made available Wednesday, April 5, Turkish experts evacuate a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey. A suspected chemical attack in a town in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province killed dozens of people on Tuesday, opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

Turkey: Syria autopsies show chemical weapons used in attack

By Bassem Mroue and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkish medics check a victim of a chemical weapon attack who was transported from the Syrian province of Idlib. The attack on Tuesday killed dozens of people, said opposition activists, describing it as among the worst in the country’s 6-year-old civil war. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump says Syria ‘crossed a lot of lines,’ vows to ‘fix’ Middle East

By Carlo Muñoz and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video provided on Tuesday April 4, 2017, by Qasioun News Agency, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a Syrian doctor treating a boy following a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Qasioun News Agency, via AP)

White House denounces Syrian gas attack, blames Obama’s weak policy

By Carlo Muñoz and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times