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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace in Beirut on Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian contagion: Unrest and violence spread to Lebanon as prime minister resigns

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

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

Syrian opposition leader Moaz al Khatib quits

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Moshe Yaalon (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Israeli military responds to fire from Syria

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (right) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, on an unannounced visit to Iraq, was expected to urge Mr. al-Maliki to make sure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry arms and fighters to Syria, a U.S. official said. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Secretary of State John Kerry warns Iraq on Iran flights to Syria

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday to step up efforts to ensure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry military aid to Syria. Only two planes reportedly have been inspected since July. (Associated Press)

Kerry urges Iraq to stop Iran’s suspected military aid to Assad

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** 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)

Arab League gives Syrian seat to opposition

By Abdullah Rebhy - Associated Press

President Obama and Jordan King Abdullah II shake hands following their joint new conference at the King's Palace in Amman, Jordan, on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama pledges $200M to Jordan for Syrian refugees

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Assad sympathizers hack BBC Twitter account

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. Mike Rogers, House intel chairman, says it’s ‘time to act’ in Syria

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during their joint news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Obama ‘deeply skeptical’ that Syrian rebels used chemical weapons

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama attempting to court a mainly indifferent Israeli public

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously have disagreed on the topic of stopping Iran’s suspected weapons program with military force, but the duo Wednesday said they agree on the need for action. (Associated Press)

Obama pledges to stop nuclear Iran, but says he still ‘prefers’ diplomatic resolution

By Dave Boyer and Abraham Rabinovich - The Washington Times

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

House lawmakers split over U.S. involvement in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens inspect houses that were destroyed from a Syrian forces airstrike, at al-Marjeh neighborhood, in Aleppo, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

McCain to Obama: Follow through on threats to Syria’s Assad

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, victims who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village are covered by blankets as they receive treatment at a hospital in Aleppo on March 19, 2013. Syria's information minister says a chemical weapon fired by rebels on a village in the north of the country is the "first act" by the opposition interim government announced in Istanbul. Rebels have denied the accusation and say regime forces fired the weapon. (Associated Press/SANA)

Syrian government, rebels accuse each other of chemical warfare

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Democrat (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Casey, Rubio back bill for nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

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)

U.S. Army vet who became jihadist killed in Syria, website claims

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

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

Saudi cleric calls for Muslim fatwa to take out Bashar Assad

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra wave their brigade flag on Jan. 11, 2013, as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter at a Taftanaz air base in Idlib province in northern Syria that was captured by the rebels. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

House Republicans to hold hearing on White House’s Syria policy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Britain, France mull rebelling against EU rules and arming Syrians

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times