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A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Obama gives Syrian rebels recognition

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he prepares himself for advance, close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, on Dec. 10, 2012. The gains by rebel forces came as the European Union denounced the Syrian conflict, which activists say has killed more than 40,000 people. (Associated Press)

Extremists among Syrian rebels who seized base

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walks Dec. 10, 2012, after speaking at the International Parliamentary Forum in Moscow, Russia. (Associated Press)

Experts: Russia likely to stay course on Assad

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Obama: U.S. recognizes Syria’s main rebel group

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Embassy Row: The best and the worst

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Saline abortion is a chemical weapon

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Lebanese soldiers search a car at a checkpoint after they were deployed to calm clashes that erupted between pro- and anti-Syrian-regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syria’s civil war spills into Lebanon; 4 dead

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

U.S., Russian diplomats meet with Brahimi over Syria

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

Syria’s civil war spills to Lebanon

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

In this Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel recites verses of the Quran after clashes with troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, Syria. As fears grow in the West that Assad will unleash chemical weapons as an act of desperation, NATO moved forward Thursday with its plan to place Patriot missiles and troops along Syria's border with Turkey to protect against potential attacks. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian rebels create new unified military command

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at Stormont Castle in Belfast on Dec. 7, 2012. Clinton traveled to Northern Ireland to lend her support to the British province's fragile peace, the frailty of which was underlined by overnight rioting on the eve of her visit and the seizure of a bomb. (Associated Press)

U.S. works with Russia on Syria, but wants Assad out

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)

With war shifting, U.S. and Russia discuss Syria’s future

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syria criticizes NATO move on Patriot missiles

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

U.S. holds talks to end Syrian strife

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Bret Stephens, deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal; Reuel Marc Gerecht, senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD); Brian Katulis, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; and Rob Satloff, executive director of Washington Institute for Near East Policy, sit on a panel titled "Islamists and Elections: Where Do They Lead?" at FDD's annual national security conference on Dec. 6, 2012. (Lloyd Wolf/FDD)

Blog: Conference mulls the hard choice between dictators and dissidents

By David S. Jackson - The Washington Times

A Sunni gunman fires his weapon during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian-regime gunmen in the port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian civil war spills into Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Lebanese army soldier stands on top of a tank during clashes that erupted in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday. The fighting comes as rebels close in on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s seat of power in Damascus. (Associated Press)

Syrian civil war spills into neighboring nation

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (left) speaks with British Foreign Minister William Hague (third from left) as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands at right during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Clinton: Missile decision is a message to Syria

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Residents of Aleppo, Syria, collect their belongings after their home was damaged in heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syria: 10 killed in mortar attack on school

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

** FILE ** NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO backs Patriot anti-missile system for Turkey

By Bradley Klapper and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press