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In this picture released on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, by the website of Islamic State militants, an Islamic State fighter fires his weapon during a battle against Syrian government forces on a road between Homs and Palmyra, Syria. Islamic State militants overran the famed archaeological site at Palmyra early on Thursday, just hours after seizing the central Syrian town, activists and officials said, raising concerns the extremists might destroy some of the priceless ruins as they have done in neighboring Iraq. (The website of Islamic State militants via AP)

Islamic State in control of Palmyra ruins, Syrian activists say

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syria has become a focal point for the State Department in the war on terrorism as al Qaeda-linked groups operating there — specifically the al-Nusrah Front — have expansionist aspirations. (Aleppo Media Center AMC via Associated Press)

Al Qaeda in Syria takes responsibility for car bombings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 13, 2014 image made from amateur video posted by Shaam News Network (SNN), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, revolutionary goalkeeper Abdelbasit Sarout chants slogans during a demonstration in Homs, Syria. He began as a local hero on the soccer field, playing for the most popular team of his home city Homs and rising toward national stardom across Syria. But when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began, Sarout left all of it to lead peaceful protests, rallying thousands to demand Assad leave power. More than three years later, the former goalkeeper - now an armed fighter - has become a charismatic icon of the Syria’s rebellion. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian soccer goalie-turned-rebel becomes icon

By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press

Syrian civilians return to their neighborhood in the old city of Homs, Syria on Friday, May 9, 2014, where bulldozers cleared rubble from the streets of battle-scarred districts in the central Syrian city after government troops entered the last rebel-held neighborhoods as part of an agreement that also granted opposition fighters safe exit from the city. (AP Photo)

Syrians return to damaged homes after rebels leave

By Albert Aji and Ryan Lucas - Associated Press

President Ahmad al-Jarba, president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace, on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Washington. Al-Jarba said that rebel forces need weapons that could “neutralize’’ aerial raids by President Bashar Assad’s air force in order to change the balance of power on the ground and pave the way for a political solution to the crisis. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Syrian opposition: Weapons needed to battle Assad

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Syrian youth footballer killed in mortar attack

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Syrian youth soccer player killed in mortar attack

Associated Press

This image made from video made available by Syrian TV shows U.N. observer team leader Col. Ahmed Himmiche, left, meeting with the governor of Homs, Syria, Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Syria TV via AP video) TV OUT SYRIA OUT

U.N. monitors visit Syria opposition stronghold

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Anti-regime activists in Syria cover their faces with scarves in the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag last month as they prepare a protest banner that reads in Arabic, "How would a mother be happy in the Eid (mother's day) while in each home we have a martyr?" With 60 percent of the Arab world's population under 25, protesters say they are working not just for regime change but for the dreams of their generation, on hold for now. (Associated Press)

Young activists put dreams on hold

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

By BEN HUBBARD - Associated Press

Syrians walk past a Free Syrian Army fighter (left) in the old city of Idlib, Syria, on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syria’s Baba Amr is deserted, Red Cross says

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Hassana Abu Firasl (left), a Syrian who fled the town of Qusair, near Homs, Syria, is seen with her family at the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa, in eastern Lebanon, on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian refugees in Lebanon recount terror

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Hussein Malla - Associated Press