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Secretary of State John F. Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday to discuss the issue of Iranian flights over Iraqi airspace to Syria. The U.S. wants to ensure that President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria is not receiving military aid. The Iranian flights to Syria occur “close to daily,” according to a senior U.S. official.
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** FILE ** Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (not pictured) following an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama in Rome on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, and released Monday March 18, 2013, Syrian government forces fire rockets toward residential neighborhoods, in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Maadamiyeh south of Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
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**FILE** A toy soldier is seen displayed on the ground by a street vendor at Hamidiyeh popular market, in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 29, 2011. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, right, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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** FILE ** Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif at the front-line town of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's Idlib province on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Kurdish female members of the Popular Protection Units stand guard at a check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a caricature placard during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, March. 1, 2013.
