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** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Israeli military shoots down drone likely launched by Hezbollah

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times

President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon has asked Tammam Salam, shown here on April 4 in Beirut, to form a new Cabinet. He was formerly a member of parliament and the minister of culture. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

New prime minister chosen in Lebanon

Associated Press

Pope Francis lies down in prayer during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis reaches out to ‘Muslim brothers’ on Good Friday

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace in Beirut on Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian contagion: Unrest and violence spread to Lebanon as prime minister resigns

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Lebanon urges reinstatement of Syria to Arab League

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

On July 19, 2012, a bomb on a bus taking Israelis from the airport in Sofia, Bulgaria, to their hotel at a Black Sea resort killed five of the tourists and the driver. Bulgarian officials said Tuesday that Hezbollah terrorists were behind the attack. (Impact Press Group via Associated Press)

Hezbollah behind attack that killed Jewish tourists

By Veselin Toshkov and Paisley Dodds - Associated Press

** FILE ** A bombing targeted a bus full of Israeli vacationers at the Burgas, Bulgaria, airport parking lot on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Bulgarian Interior Ministry)

Bulgaria links Hezbollah to bombing of Israelis

By Paisley Dodds and Veselin Toshkov - Associated Press

Donna Grethen

NORTH: Surrounded by enemies

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks at the 49th Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Munich. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Israel suggests responsibility for Syria airstrike

By David Rising - Associated Press

Sunni hardline preacher Sheikh Ahmad Assir speaks during a protest against an anti-Islam movie, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Anger over insults to Islam's Prophet Muhammad isn't enough to bring Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims together. The two sects, which have been locked in sometimes violent political competition, held separate protests Friday. Sunni protesters accused Shiite Hezbollah of using the demonstrators to distract from the fighting in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

Hezbollah arms shipment destroyed in Israeli jet strike

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Syria affirms Israeli strike on military research unit

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Russians’ exit from Syria a sign of distrust

By Vladimir Isachenkov ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Syrians struggle to get pillows and blankets distributed at a camp for displaced civilians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria. Other Syrians have escaped the conflict by going to neighboring countries, taxing the ability of those nations and international relief agencies to help them. "In terms of the overall numbers, it is very clear the region is facing a humanitarian disaster that is deepening by the day," said Sharon Waxman, of the International Rescue Committee's Commission on Syrian Refugees. (Associated Press)

Refugees flood Syria’s neighbors

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, who headed Syria's military police, announces on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, that he is joining "the people's revolution." The general the one of the highest-ranking officials to have defected from President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Al Arabiya via AP video)

Syrian minister leaves Beirut for fear of arrest

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this image from video aired on Al Arabiya TV on Tuesday, Syrian Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal says he is joining “the people’s revolution.” (Associated Press)

Syria’s interior minister flees from Beirut hospital

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** Lebanese soldiers search a car at a checkpoint after they were deployed to calm clashes that erupted between pro- and anti-Syrian-regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syria’s civil war spills into Lebanon; 4 dead

Syria’s civil war spills to Lebanon

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A Lebanese army soldier stands on top of a tank during clashes that erupted in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday. The fighting comes as rebels close in on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s seat of power in Damascus. (Associated Press)

Syrian civil war spills into neighboring nation

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Sunni gunman fires his weapon during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian-regime gunmen in the port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian civil war spills into Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI (seated at center) listens as newly elevated Cardinal James Michael Harvey (second from left) of the United States delivers his speech during a Mass celebrated for the six new "princes" of the church in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope tells new cardinals not to be lured by power

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press