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The Latest: Russia says mass graves found in eastern Aleppo

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Law enforcement officers work outside the home of Nicholas Young on Aug. 3, 2016, in Fairfax, Virginia. Young, who worked as a Metro police officer, has been charged with helping the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

ISIS arrests in Northern Virginia reveal jihadi threat near seat of U.S. government

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Thursday, March 31, 2016, the Alexandrov Ensemble choir performs during a concert in Moscow, Russia. A Russian plane with 92 people aboard, including the well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec. 25, minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. The Tu-154, which belonged to the ministry, was taking the Alexandrov Ensemble to a concert at the Russian air base in Syria. (AP Photo)

Russia examines all possible reasons for Black Sea jet crash

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and VERONIKA SILCHENKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, stands with doctor Yelizaveta Glinka after giving her a state award at the award presentation ceremony for charity and human rights achievements in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. A Russian plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec. 25, minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. Glinka, widely known for her charity efforts, was among those on board the Tu-154 plane. Her foundation said she was accompanying a shipment of medicines for a Syrian hospital. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Russian divers to work all night at crash site

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre poses for pictures with managers and players prior to what the organisers said was a soccer match between Turkey's soccer stars against terrorism, in Istanbul, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. The match, arranged by the Turkish Football Federation consisted of two all-star teams facing each other made of players from teams competing in Turkish Super League. All ticket revenue will be handed over to the families of people who died in recent bomb attacks in Istanbul and Kayseri. (AP Photo)

Turkey amasses troops along Syrian border as march to Raqqa continues

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Russian rescue workers collect wreckage from the crashed plane at a pier just outside Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. Russian ships, helicopters and drones are searching for bodies after a plane carrying 93 people crashed into the Black Sea. The plane was taking the Alexandrov Ensemble, a military choir, to perform at Russia's air base in Syria when it went down shortly after takeoff. (AP Photo/Viktor Klyushin)

Russia weighs military plane crash as possible terrorist act

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey briefly restricts internet after release of IS video

By SUZAN FRASER and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his third goal against Kashima Antlers in the overtime of their final match at the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Making donation, Ronaldo tells Syrians: Don’t lose your hope

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Moscow courts convicts student for trip to Syria

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FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. President Barack Obama's foreign policy legacy may be defined as much by what he didn't do as what he did. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

In realist foreign policy, Obama found limits

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an annual meeting marking a professional holiday for Russian security service employees in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: Russia’s military is stronger than any potential foe

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

A coffin with a body of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov is carried out of the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

The Latest: Turkish death toll from IS battle rises to 16

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Before the deadly terrorist attack in Berlin on Monday, U.S. intelligence agencies had issued warnings to their counterparts in Europe and Asia about Islamic State threats to launch Christmas-related killing sprees. (Associated Press)

Berlin truck attack follows U.S. warning of ISIS Christmas terrorism

By Bill Gertz

A civil defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Iran brutalizing Aleppo, executing ‘most atrocious war crimes’ of 21st century

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this still image taken from video released by Baladi News, a Syrian opposition-affiliated media outlet, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, Aleppo kids eat after arriving to the city's countryside as part of an evacuation process that commenced last week. The International Committee for the Red Cross said it has overseen the evacuation of 25,000 people from east Aleppo since rebels effectively surrendered the area to the Syrian government. (Baladi News via AP)

Russia, Iran, Turkey ready to guarantee Syria settlement

By Philip Issa and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Illustration on Iran's future role in Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Syria horrors seemingly unending

By Clifford D. May

Syrians evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, early Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The Security Council on Monday approved the deployment of U.N. monitors to the Syrian city of Aleppo as the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the last remaining opposition stronghold resumed after days of delays. (AP Photo)

Aleppo evacuation: Last remaining rebels and civilians await buses

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

Ritach Halif, 2, is carried by her mother, after the family which came from Idlib, Syria, crossed into Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate with Syria, near Hatay, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Dec, 18, 2016. Several people were able to cross into Turkey after they managed to leave the embattled Syrian city during the ceasefire, and arrived in Turkey by their own means. The Aleppo evacuation was suspended Friday after a report of shooting at a crossing point into the enclave by both sides of the conflict. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Aleppo: Syria buses resume taking remaining civilians, rebels from city

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Authorities identified the shooter as 22-year-old Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty member of the city's riot control force. The gunman wounded at least three others during the assault before he was killed in a 15-minute chaotic shootout with security forces at the gallery. (Associated Press)

Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to Turkey, killed amid shooting at photo exhibition

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Syrian man pulls their belongings after he was evacuated with his family from Aleppo, near Idlib, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says 7,500 civilians have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo and that he has reached out to Tehran in a bid to keep the process on track.(AP Photo)

Deal reached that could restart Aleppo evacuation

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press