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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at Stormont Castle in Belfast on Dec. 7, 2012. Clinton traveled to Northern Ireland to lend her support to the British province's fragile peace, the frailty of which was underlined by overnight rioting on the eve of her visit and the seizure of a bomb. (Associated Press)

U.S. works with Russia on Syria, but wants Assad out

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the arrival ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vladivostok, Russia, on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool) ** FILE **

Clinton: Deep differences with Russia on Syria

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Russia accuses West of blackmail on Syria plans

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Free Syrian Army soldiers run for cover in Idlib province in northern Syria in this image taken by a citizen journalist on Friday, July 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network)

Heavy clashes hit Syrian capital for second day

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) welcomes a delegation headed by Abdulbaset Sieda (right), a leader of the Syrian National Council (SNC), in Moscow, on Wednesday. Afterward, Mr. Sieda said he saw "no change" in Moscow's stance. (Associated Press)

Russia’s support of Assad seen as prolonging suffering

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Syrian opposition leader Michel Kilo (right) and other members of his delegation leave Russia's Foreign Ministry after a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, July 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Syrian opposition sees no change in Russia’s stance

By Laura Mills - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks June 15, 2012, at a news conference in Moscow. (Associated Press)

Russia denies discussing Syria’s post-Assad future

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A Syrian chants slogans during a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad after prayers on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, on Friday, June 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

Both sides deny there’s civil war in Syria

By Ruby Russell, Ashish Kumar Sen and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (left) greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she arrives for meetings at Rosenbad in Stockholm on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Erik Martensson)

Clinton steps up pressure on Russia over Syria

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes his British counterpart William Hague during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 28, 2012, expected to focus on the Syria crisis. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Russian FM: Both sides in Syria to blame

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

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This image made from amateur video, which could not be verified by the AP, purports to show a Syrian tank in Damascus, Syria. A U.N. envoy called Monday on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms.

Russia joins condemnation of ally Syria over killings

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Lynn Berry ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

U.N.-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria (JSE) Kofi Annan speaks during a press conference after his arrival in Damascus, Syria, Monday, May 28, 2012. Annan, arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Russia condemns ally Syria over massacre of 108

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Lynn Berry - Associated Press

Embassy Row: Arrogant Ambassador?

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia urges Syria’s Assad to start troop pullout

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia offers to back Annan’s Syria plan at U.N.

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A Syrian rebel stands guard Feb. 8, 2012, at a street in Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press)

EU threatens new sanctions on Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A pro-Syrian regime protester (left), holding a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah with Arabic that reads "Hezbollah", cheers a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

Russian FM in Syria amid escalating violence

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster with caricature depicting the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 2nd left, pumping up their ally Syrian President Bashar Assad, centre, as she walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. Arabic on the poster reads, "free people of occupied Kfarnebel." (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Ant-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad, at Bayada area in Homs province, central Syria, on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012. Government forces clashed with army defectors and stormed rebellious districts in central Syria on Wednesday, firing mortars and deploying snipers in violence that killed at least seven people, including a mother and her 5-year-old child, activists said. (AP Photo)

Activists: Syrian troops shell central city

By Combined dispatches

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia to keep blocking U.N. sanctions on Syria

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press