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** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (Associated Press/Syrian State TV via AP video)

Iran cuts Hamas’ funding for backing Syrian opposition

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Qusair-based activist Hadi Abdullah (right) walking on a street hit by the shelling of Hezbolllah Lebanese Shiite group and the Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, on May 31, 2013. Syrian troops attacked a convoy trying to evacuate the wounded from a central town near the border with Lebanon, killing many people, as rebel reinforcements infiltrated the besieged area to fight government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, activists said. (Associated Press)

Iran may be on invite list for Syria conference

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vidal-Quadras

Embassy Row: ‘Excuse for attack’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama talks about national security on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

Feds say Iran’s support for terrorism growing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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KAHLILI: A green light for Iran’s new terrorist war

By Reza Kahlili

** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stocks election to replace Ahmadinejad with loyalists

By Guy Taylor and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Rafsanjani’s disqualification from Iranian presidential race stuns Tehran

By Brendan Daly - Special to The Washington Times

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, gives a speech in a mosque inside the leader's housing compound in Tehran on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Iran ensures no change with West in presidential election

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Pressure on Iran

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Associated Press

TIMMERMAN: Iran’s free-election farce

By Kenneth R. Timmerman

**FILE** House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican, questions Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 23, 2013, about the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, listens at left. (Associated Press)

House panel urges Obama to expand sanctions on Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Iran moves forward with nuclear development

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry gestures during a joint a news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)

Kerry: U.S., allies ready to step up aid to rebels

By Bassem Mroue and Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

**FILE** In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency, men move the Epic drone, painted with the Iranian flag colors, during a ceremony in Tehran on May 9, 2013. Iran's defense minister says Iran has built a new, radar-evading drone that can do surveillance and fire on enemy targets. (Associated Press/ISNA)

Iran claims new air defense missile system

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for U.S., Israel

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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SOBHANI: Standing steadfast with Bahrain

By S. Rob Sobhani

KELLNER: Religious persecution can mean political upheaval

By Mark A. Kellner

Iran’s educated, middle-class and part-time prostitute

By Brendan Daly - Special to The Washington Times

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) is not on the ballot in June's election. He is shown with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) and chief of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. (Associated Press)

KAHLILI: Syrian crisis signals Iranian vulnerability

By Reza Kahlili

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ERICKSON: Missiles to meet the new threat curve

By Scott G. Erickson