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A Sunni gunman fires during clashes in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Sunday, May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city; 3 killed

By Hussein Malla - Associated Press

Zahi Zeidan, owner of Nocean restaurant in Tyre, Lebanon, says he will reopen after his business was bombed "because we serve alcohol." Four bombings in recent months have targeted liquor stores and restaurants in the port city, where much of the population shuns alcohol, which is forbidden in Islam. The country as a whole is the most tolerant in the Arab world. Beirut, the capital, is well-known for its bars and clubs frequented by locals and foreign tourists. (Associated Press)

Bombs target booze in Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Review: 4 camera app alternatives to Instagram

By MAE ANDERSON - 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

Relatives mourn for Ali Shaaban, a cameraman for the Al Jadeed television station who was filming in Lebanon's northern Wadi Khaled area when he was fatally shot in the chest by Syrian government forces. (Associated Press)

Syrians fire across 2 borders as bloody conflict deepens

By Mehmet Guzel and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani (Associated Press)

Iran’s ex-president calls for talks with U.S.

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times

Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

By BEN HUBBARD - Associated Press

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool)

Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continue

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syrian rebels take position during clashes with government forces in Idlib, Syria, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syrian forces take rebel stronghold near Turkey

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

The United Nations is sending two envoys to Syria to press the case to allow humanitarian relief workers unhindered access. These Syrian children fled with their families from Qusair, near Homs, to the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa. (Associated Press)

Syrians fearing retribution pour into Lebanon

By Hussein Malla and 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

Hockey breaks ice for Arab and Jewish teens

By DIAA HADID - Associated Press

Flames rise from a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province after Syrian government shelling. A photojournalist and a war correspondent were killed last week as Syrian forces intensely shelled Homs. (Associated Press)

Trapped Spanish reporter escapes from Syria

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Free Syrian Army soldiers gather Feb. 28, 2012, outside a house destroyed in fighting against President Assad's forces in Sarmin, north Syria. (Associated Press)

Syrian troops move to retake rebel-held district

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs as Syrian government troops advance toward the town of Sarmin, in northern Syria, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Wounded British journalist escapes from Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Lebanese and Syrian activists hold Syrian revolutionary flags on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, during a candlelight vigil in downtown Beirut in mourning Syrians killed since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March. The banner in Arabic reads, "2012 Syria is free." (Associated Press)

Syrian exiles smuggling weapons, goods to revolutionaries

By Karine G. Barzegar - Special to The Washington Times

A sketch distributed Jan. 13, 2012, by Thai police show a man suspected of planning a terrorist bombing in Bangkok. (Associated Press)

Lebanese held as terror warning issued in Bangkok

By Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, relatives of Sari Saoud a 9-year-old boy who was shot dead in Homs three days ago while he was buying cookies from a shop, shout pro-Syrian regime and unity slogans, in the village of Kfarbo in Hama province, Syria, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Georgina the mother of Sari blamed "armed terrorists" for killing her son. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Fresh Syria violence kills 4, wounds 2 Lebanese

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Arab League approves sanctions against Syria

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Hezbollah deals blow to CIA network

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press