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Members of an Iraqi Shiite fighters militant group called Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhadaa chant slogans against the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army rebel group and the al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra as they carry the coffin of a Shiite fighter during a funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo)

Syria becomes largest home to al Qaeda; jihadists find safe haven to plot attacks

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., shrugs as he talks to reporters about a two-hour meeting at the White House that he and other Senate Republicans had with President Barack Obama, trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. diplomat defends Syria policy, as senators deride paltry aid to rebels

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrive for their meeting at Villa Taverna, the US Ambassador's residence in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)

Kerry praises international weapons inspectors for quick work in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

HOLMES: Two souls of Obama’s foreign policy

By Kim R. Holmes

** FILE ** Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Cairo on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammare)

Syrian President Bashar Assad fires deputy prime minister: state TV

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rami Abdurrahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Coventry, England, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Syria has filed chemical weapon details: watchdog

By Diaa Hadid and Mike Corder - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: A vain search for a lasting legacy

By Donald Lambro

This image made from citizen journalist video posted by the Shaam News Network, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows the aftermath of a car bomb attack on a market in the town of Darkoush in Idlib province, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria seen as haven for Mideast terrorists who can launch attacks on West

By Kristina Wong and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry said he is aware that the Saudis are unhappy that the U.S. has not followed through on threats to use force against the Syrian regime after its use of chemical weapons.

Saudis want more action from U.S. in Syrian crisis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

"I don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal, a Democrat or a Republican, this should send a chill up your spine. This is something that we cannot let stand." — Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Rep. Rogers: al Qaeda allies fighting in Syria also plotting foreign attacks

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Although Syrian refugees are calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, a growing number of jihadist organizations are fighting to take his place. (Associated Press)

French intelligence sees steep rise in Western jihadists flocking to Syria

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this file image taken from Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a rebel fighter fires a gun in a valley in an unidentified location in Latakia province, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video, File)

Foreign jihadists surpass Afghan-Soviet war, storm Syria in record numbers

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Abbas Hammoud, one of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped by a rebel faction in northern Syria in May 2012, is embraced by his relatives upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. His release was part of an ambitious three-way deal cutting across the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian peace conference set for November; bomb blast kills 30 in Hama

By Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

A displaced Syrian woman cooks a meal as children play in the sunset near Kafer Rouma in ancient ruins used as temporary shelter by families who have fled the heavy fighting and shelling in the Idlib provincial countryside of Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Clerics encourage hungry Syrians to eat dogs and cats

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GORDON: An Obama field guide to friends and enemies

By J.D. Gordon

U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, left, speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, after their meeting at Winfield House, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Britain, in London, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. Kerry and Brahimi said Monday that an international conference to set up a Syrian transitional government must be organized urgently and held as soon as possible. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

John Kerry now says Syria’s Assad must go, situation ‘urgent’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This image made from citizen journalist video posted by the Shaam News Network, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows the aftermath of a car bomb attack on a market in the town of Darkoush in Idlib province, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Car bomb in northern Syria kills at least 15

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Syrian rebel fighter returns from fighting Syrian army forces in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

U.S. allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Syrians shop at the Hamidiyah market for clothes, shoes, candies and other celebratory items on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 in the run-up to Eid al-Adh, or "feast of sacrifice." This is the third Eid al-Adha in Syria since an uprising started as mostly peaceful anti-Bashar Assad demonstrations in March 2011, inspired by the Arab Spring. After activists were violently targeted, it morphed into an armed uprising and civil war. The conflict has killed over 100,000 people, forced over 2 million to flee to neighboring countries, and displaced another 5 million within Syria. (AP Photo)

Gunmen kidnap 7 Red Cross workers in Syria

By Ryan Lucas - Associated Press

In this photo grabbed from a footage released by the Italian Navy Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, migrants receive help from two raft from the Italian Navy ship Libra, off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa Saturday, Oct.12, 2013. In recent days hundreds of migrants have drowned as smugglers' ship packed with migrants sank or capsized. The deaths have sharpened calls for a coordinated European response to the wave of asylum-seeker fleeing war and repression making their way to Libya to embark on a sea journey, mostly in rickety smugglers' boats en route to Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, just 70 kilometers (50 miles) away. Despite the perils, the boats keep coming. Authorities have rescued hundreds more at sea this weekend. (AP Photo/Italian Navy HO)

Migrants say they were fired upon leaving Libya

By Stephen Calleja - Associated Press