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Syrian security agents carry a body following a huge explosion that shook central Damascus on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy, eyewitnesses and opposition activists said. (Associated Press/SANA)

Dutch raise terror alert level over radicalized youth, Syria fighting

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, July 20, 2012, file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al Qaeda members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani, File)

CIA ratchets covert operations in Iraq to fight al Qaeda

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Paul Tong

MCKINNEY: Taking back the War Powers Clause

By Jared McKinney

Syrian families wait their turn to register at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the one million mark, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrian refugees top 1 million, rebels take city

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

Lebanon urges reinstatement of Syria to Arab League

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (Associated Press)

John Kerry confirms: U.S. now training Syrian rebels

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif at the front-line town of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's Idlib province on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Low on ammo, rebels slow their drive in northern Syria

By Steve Negus - Associated Press

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is calling for the GOP to adopt a more restrained and less interventionist approach to global affairs, and is embracing the sequester cuts to the defense budget that have military hawks in a tizzy. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio, Rand Paul differ on Middle East

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Iran seems to understand it cannot hang its entire strategy on the survival of Syrian President Bashar Assad (wearing sash next to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and needs to build new alliances as contingencies. Iran has proposed a plan for elections in Syria for parliament and president. (Associated Press)

Syria, Iran rebuff West, say Assad to remain in power till 2014

Associated Press

**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)

Kerry announces aid package of meals, medicine for Syrian rebels

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

House Democrat’s bill would expand U.S. role in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria. Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oil pumping station in the north central province of Raqqa about 160 km east of Aleppo after days of fighting. (AP Photo/Abdullah Al-Yasin)

Dem lawmaker prepares bill to allow Obama direct arms sales to Syrian rebels

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry adjusts his translation earphones while listening to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, not pictured, at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Berlin is the second stop in Kerry’s first trip overseas as secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Secretary of State John Kerry wraps France stop — flub free

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter walks on rubble of a base destroyed from a Syrian forces airstrike, at Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarjeh, in Idlib, Syria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian military targets Aleppo, leaving at least 141 dead

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) meets with with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Berlin on Feb. 26, 2013. Berlin is the second stop in Kerry’s first trip overseas as Secretary of State. (Associated Press/dpa, Maurizio Gambarini)

Administration close to Syria decision as John Kerry meets with Russian counterpart

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, unseen, in Moscow on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Syrian government agrees to talks with armed opposition

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Syrian villager Abu Ibrahim, 73, writes the name of his granddaughter on her gravestone in the Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarja, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. She was killed during an airstrike by Syrian government forces. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian rebels fight for police academy near Aleppo

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Smoke rises from heavy shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (Associated Press/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Battle for Syria’s Aleppo airport intensifies

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Syrian security agents carry a body following a huge explosion that shook central Damascus on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy, eyewitnesses and opposition activists said. (Associated Press/SANA)

More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released

Associated Press