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** FILE ** A U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during in Ilan County, 49 miles west of Taipei, Taiwan., on July 20, 2006. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. to deploy Patriot missile batteries on Jordan-Syria border

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Associated Press)

Evidence exists that Syria used chemical weapons, Britain and France tell U.N.

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Syria’s Bashar Assad says U.S. will rue backing of al Qaeda rebels

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Anti-Syrian-regime protesters holding Syrian revolution flags during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1946 withdrawal of French troops from Syria, which marked the end of France's mandate of the Arab country, in the old quarter of the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Assad accuses West of backing al Qaeda in Syria

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British Foreign Secretary William Hague (right) greets US Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of a meeting in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London, Wednesday April 10, 2013. Kerry is meeting in London with Syrian opposition leaders and Russia's top diplomat, a day after saying the U.S. could soon step up aid to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Kerry is in London for a G8 foreign ministers' meeting today and Thursday. (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, pool)

Kerry meeting with Syrian opposition in London

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

**FILE** In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra wave their brigade flag on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter on Jan. 11, 2013, at the Taftanaz air base in the Idlib province of northern Syria that was captured by the rebels. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

Iraqi al Qaeda and Syria militants announce merger

By Bassem Mroue and Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

**FILE** In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra sit on a truck full of ammunition at Taftanaz air base, which was captured by the rebels, in the Idlib province of northern Syria. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

Al Qaeda reveals true role in Syrian insurgency

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, March 18, 2013, file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, the free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File)

Syria takes ‘very significant’ action and pulls troops from Golan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry shake hands before a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, April 7, 2013. Mr. Kerry will coordinate with Mr. Erdogan and other Turkish officials on efforts to halt the violence in neighboring Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister's Press Office)

Secretary of State John Kerry seeks speedy fix for Turkish-Israeli ties

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon has asked Tammam Salam, shown here on April 4 in Beirut, to form a new Cabinet. He was formerly a member of parliament and the minister of culture. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

New prime minister chosen in Lebanon

Associated Press

** FILE ** Fighters from the Syrian Free Army fire on a Syrian army position in Deal, Syria, less than 10 miles from the Jordanian border in Daraa province, on Thursday, March 28, 2013, in an image taken from video that was authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syria criticizes Jordan for hosting rebel training

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

PHILLIPS: Obama’s Middle East challenges

By James Phillips - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** Then-Sen. Joe Lieberman speaks as (not shown) Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano, FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew G. Olsen testify on homeland threats and agency responses before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Ex-Sen. Lieberman urges ‘limited’ U.S. strikes on Syria

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** The United Nations building is reflected on the window of the U.S. mission to the U.N. as portraits of President Obama (left), Vice President Joseph R. Biden, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hang in the lobby on Sept. 18, 2010, in New York. (Associated Press)

Gun rights advocates fear U.N. treaty will lead to U.S. registry

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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Embassy Row: What does Obama want?

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

White House pressed to rename North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Thursday, March 28, 2013, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian doctor treats an injured man who was wounded at the open-air cafeteria at Damascus University in the central Baramkeh district, in Damascus, Syria. More than 6,000 people were killed in the Syrian civil war in March alone, according to a leading activist group that reported it was the deadliest month yet in the 2-year-old conflict. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Obama’s policy on Syria leaves analysts guessing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrians inspect houses destroyed by a Syrian forces airstrike in the al-Marjeh neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Aleppo Media Center and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

Assad regime accuses Syrian rebels of setting fire to oil wells

Associated Press

**FILE** The United Nations building is reflected on the window of the U.S. mission to the U.N. as portraits of President Obama (left), Vice President Joseph R. Biden, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hang in the lobby on Sept. 18, 2010, in New York. (Associated Press)

Gun groups promise fight as U.N. inches toward override of Second Amendment

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No free pass for Jordan on refugees

The Washington Times