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** FILE ** Iraqi security forces enter through the main gate of Camp Ashraf in Khalis, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

52 Iranian exiles killed at Iraq’s Camp Ashraf

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** The USS Stout (stout.navy.mil)

Aftermath of U.S. intervention in Syria would cost billions

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

This combination of two citizen journalist images shows at left: the damaged 12th century Umayyad mosque without the minaret, which was destroyed by shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday April 24, 2013; and at right, an undated view of the mosque with is minaret still intact. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC, FILE)

Syria’s ancient cultural heritage a casualty of civil war

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London to be driven to Parliament for a debate and vote on Syria on Aug. 29, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cameron to skeptical Brits: Syria is not Iraq

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Although Syrian refugees are calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, a growing number of jihadist organizations are fighting to take his place. (Associated Press)

U.S. bombing in Syria would benefit jihadists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The washington Times

NORTH: Cruise control

By Oliver North

** FILE ** A Syrian rebel fighter returns from fighting Syrian army forces in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels also fighting al Qaeda, other hard-liners for villagers’ hearts and minds

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

President Obama awards Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in a White House ceremony Monday. Sgt. Carter received the medal for his courageous actions Oct. 3, 2009, while serving as a cavalry scout with the 4th Infantry Division in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Army sergeant receives Medal of Honor for valor in Afghanistan

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (seen here) and ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson met Monday in Baghdad, possibly signaling a resolution of the country's dispute with America's largest oil company. (Associated Press)

TYRRELL: Iraq, the perfect ingrate

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, after receiving a verdict in his court-martial. Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks. (Associated Press)

Bradley Manning’s sentencing in WikiLeaks case sparks debate

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for the Washington Times

HAMID: Only Egyptians can finish what they started

By Tawfik Hamid

Al Qaeda ‘rat line’ from Syria to Iraq turns back against Assad

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (Associated Press)

Al-Maliki: Syrian weapons and fighters flowing into Iraq

Associated Press

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

Iraq to U.S.: Can you send us some drones to deal with al Qaeda?

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed scores of people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control. (AP Photo)

State Department denounces ‘enemies of Islam’ for car bombings in Iraq

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: The rebirth of al Qaeda

By Armstrong Williams

A commercial area of Baghdad is littered with debris Tuesday from a car bombing, one of several in the past week alone. The wave of violence bears the mark of al Qaeda in Iraq. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda drives Iraq toward chaos; U.S. withdrawal left door open to sectarian battle for power

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Hilton Arlington in Arlington, Va., May 2, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Newt Gingrich sees major Mideast mistakes, rethinks his neocon views on intervention

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Firefighters hose down a burned vehicle at the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Bombings, shootings across Iraq kill 19

Associated Press

Donna Grethen

SPAKOVSKY AND MALCOLM: A just verdict against Bradley Manning

By Hans von Spakovsky and John Malcolm