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Syrians on motorcycles look Aug. 8, 2012, at the damage of a destroyed house after it was hit by an airstrike that killed six Syrians in the town of Tal Rifat, Syria. (Associated Press)

Syrian refugee camps swell as frustrations rise

By Bassem Mroue and Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian security force inspects the scene after a bomb ripped through the third floor of the state TV building in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. The bomb shattered several offices and wounded several employees, Syrian TV said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Aide: Syrian PM’s break months in planning

By Brian Murphy and Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

Jordan opens first tent camp for thousands of Syrian refugees

By Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press)

Panetta heads to Mideast; Syria high on the agenda

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

A relative holds the body of a 6-year-old Syrian boy Bilal El-Lababidi during his funeral July 27, 2012, in Ramtha, Jordan. The boy was shot dead by Syrian army as his parents and a dozen other refugees tried to cross a border to seek refuge in Jordan, his mother said. (Associated Press)

Syrian troops kill 6-year-old fleeing into Jordan

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed Wednesday, June 20, 2012, purports to Syrians riding motor bikes during a demonstration in Hama, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian pilot defects to Jordan with plane

By Bassem Mroue and Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

U.S. commander: Jordan war drill no threat to Syria

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

**FILE** Abu Qatada is driven away April 17, 2012, after being refused bail at a hearing at London's Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which handles deportation and security cases, in London. Al Qaeda's North African affiliate offered to free a British hostage if London allowed radical cleric Qatada to leave Britain for another country. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda offers to trade U.K. hostage for cleric

By Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

Jordanian Prime Minister-designate Fayez Tarawneh gives an interview on Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh )

Jordan king blames premier for slow reform

By Amal Halaby - Associated Press

** FILE ** Radical cleric Abu Qatada is pictured in the Belmarsh high-security prison in London on a video from 2005. (AP Photo/Her Majesty's Prison Service)

U.K.: Hurdles cleared in bid to deport radical cleric

By David Stringer - Associated Press

A converted semitrailer that crashed on a Kansas highway Sunday was being driven by a 17-year-old Minnesota boy with a provisional driver's license. (Ottawa Herald via Associated Press)

Young driver at wheel in trailer crash

By Margaret Stafford - Associated Press

Officials work the scene of a Minnesota-bound motor home on April 1, 2012, in a ravine off Interstate 35 in northeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the northbound Freightliner motor home was carrying 18 people and pulling a trailer when the driver lost control at 9 a.m. that morning and crashed into the ravine. Five were killed. (Associated Press/KMBC-TV)

Minn. family in fatal crash was on motocross trip

By Margaret Stafford - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (left, with back to camera) greets Lt. Gen. Prince Feisal bin Hussein (center) and Lt. Gen. Mashal al-Zaben of Jordan on their arrival at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Panetta meets with Jordanian military leaders

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.N. marks week seeking interfaith links

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks Jan. 1, 2012, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

Palestinians warn of ‘new measures’ if talks fail

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

A Syrian flag flies in front of a large banner of President Bashar Assad as demonstrators rally in support of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Syrian troops clash with army defectors

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

Pressure mounts on Assad amid crackdown

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Jordan’s king to share power in forming Cabinet

By Jamal Halaby - The Washington Times

Sarkozys unusually mum about First Baby

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, left, talks with Tunisian Finance Minister Jelloul Ayed during the group photo at the Deauville partnership meeting in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Sept.10, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Arab nations to get $58 billion to reward reform

By Greg Keller - Associated Press