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In this Thursday, April 28, 2016, file image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, a man carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria. Syrian state TV on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, says dozens of people have been killed or wounded when rebels fired rockets into a government-held neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo. (Validated UGC via AP video, File)

More violence kills 9 in contested Syrian city of Aleppo

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures next to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, left, during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, May 2, 2016. (Denis Balibouse/Pool Photo via AP)

John Kerry vows not to let Aleppo fall to Syrian President Bashar Assad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu talks during a press conference, in Rome. With about 92 percent of the world’s declared chemical weapons destroyed, the watchdog overseeing the elimination of poison gas and nerve agents is looking at how to counter emerging threats while still dealing with unfinished business in Syria. The OPCW is marking the anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention with a conference focusing on chemical security in a future in which extremists and criminals seem more likely than nations to launch attacks. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Watchdog looks to counter new chemical weapons threats

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

A man carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday. A Syrian monitoring group and a first-responders team say new airstrikes on the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo have killed over a dozen people and brought down at least one residential building. (Associated Press)

Iran touts Israel invasion to recruit teenage boys to fight in Syria

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, testifying on Capitol Hill, was taken to task over the administration's characterization of anti-Islamic State operations in Syria and Iraq as a noncombat mission.

Ashton Carter, lawmakers clash over Iraq ‘war’ rhetoric

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, April 24, 2016, file photo made from video posted online by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, people stand in rubble after airstrikes and shelling hit Aleppo, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP video, File)

Deadly airstrikes hit MSF-supported hospital in Syrian city

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

This image posted online Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, shows smoke rising in the aftermath of an airstrike that targeted areas in Raqqa, Syria. The photo bears the watermark of Islamic State media releases and is consistent with other AP reporting. The Arabic caption on the photo reads, &quot;Russian warplanes target homes of Muslims in Raqqa.” (militant photo via AP) ** FILE **

Military buildup, fighting spells end of Syrian cease-fire

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

The Bel Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra is marred by graffiti and other damage, but archaeologists say it can be restored without resorting to extensive rebuilding using modern materials that might destroy its character. (Associated Press)

Despite ISIS destruction, ancient Palmyra in Syria can be restored

By Riham Alkousaa and Rasha Faek — Special to The Washington Times

In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, Smoke rises above a controlled land mine, which was detonated by Russian experts, in the ancient town of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria. Cluster munitions, land mines, and other unexploded ordinances are killing Syria's civil defense volunteers as they work to make battle-torn areas safe for civilians to return. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Russia ratchets up airstrikes against Syrian rebels

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S President Barack Obama speaks in front of the flags of Germany, the European Union and the U.S at the Hannover Messe Trade Fair in Hannover, Germany, Monday April 25, 2016. Obama is on a two-day official visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: We’re living in ‘most peaceful’ era in human history

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2016 file photo, people flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S. airstrikes cost ISIS nearly $800M

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 9, 2016 photo, Kurdish peshmerga soldiers stand guard at a check point in Rabia, northwestern Iraq. When Iraqi Kurdish forces retook Rabia last year it was a major advance against the Islamic State group, which had swept across northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014 and declared its caliphate across its territory in Iraq and Syria. Now 18 months later, the town demonstrates the difficulties of returning to the way things were before the IS rampage. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

U.S. unsure of Syrians’, Kurds’ effectiveness in ISIS fight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S President Barack Obama speaks in front of the European Union Flag at the Hannover Messe Trade Fair in Hannover, Germany, Monday April 25, 2016. Obama is on a two-day official visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to deploy an additional 250 U.S. troops to Syria to fight ISIS

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In the near term, President Obama's move to add 250 U.S. troops to the 50 inserted in Syria should result in an accelerated process to assemble, train and advise a coalition of democratic forces fighting the Islamic State group. (Associated Press)

Obama’s limited troop deployments to Syria pose no threat to ISIS in Raqqa

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Migrants stand behind a fence at the Nizip refugee camp in Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, April 23, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top European Union officials, under pressure to reassess a migrant deportation deal with Turkey, are traveling close to Turkey's border with Syria on Saturday in a bid to bolster the troubled agreement. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Merkel arrives in Turkey amid criticism over migrants deal

By BERZA SIMSEK and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 4, 2016 file photo, Russian fighter jets and bombers are parked at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russian warplanes have mostly stayed on the ground since the Russian- and U.S.-brokered cease-fire has begun last weekend. Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday, March 15, 2016, that the first group of warplanes stationed at the Russian air base in Syria has left for home following a pullout order from President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Bob Corker, key GOP lawmaker: Syria cease-fire is ‘dead’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 21, 2016. Obama met with Saudi King Salman and attended a meeting of Gulf Arab heads of state of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries during his two-day visit to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Problems mount for Obama in Syria, Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times