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Domiz refugee camp in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq has absorbed more than 30,000 Syrian Kurds since April, housing many of them in U.N. Refugee Agency tents. (Giulio Petrocco/ Special to The Washington Times)

Syrian Kurds find refuge in Iraq’s Kurdish region

By Jacob Resneck and Krasimir Yankov - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 30, 2010, photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Obama veto possible over Guantanamo

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul

Senate orders study on U.S. no-fly zone in Syria

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Free Syria Army fighter receives treatment Dec. 3, 2012, at a makeshift clinic during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Fighting surges around Syrian capital of Damascus

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

**FILE** A rebel fighter walks Nov. 2, 2012, among the debris of damaged residential buildings after several days of intense fighting between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components

By Bradley Klapper and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

President Obama speaks at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) symposium at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama warns Syria’s Assad not to use chemical weapons

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

A Syrian soldier aims his rifle at free Syrian Army fighters during clashes in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, Syria, on Dec. 2, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)

U.N. pulls nonessential international staff from Syria

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Embassy Row: Genuine war crimes

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, destroyed buildings, including Dar Al-Shifa hospital, are seen on Sa'ar street after airstrikes targeted the area in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syria: Airport road reopens but Internet still cut

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this image taken from video that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from a building after an air attack in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syria cuts Internet access throughout the country

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

U.S. communications equipment to Syria opposition ‘spy-proof’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image authenticated by AP reporting, Syrian citizens walk in a street in Homs province that was attacked by Syrian warplanes on Wednesday. Internet service was down in the country and cellphone service disrupted. (Associated Press)

Internet down nationwide in Syria

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Internet service goes out across Syria

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs, at Jaramana neighborhood, in the suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syria: Twin car bombs in Damascus kill 34 people

By Albert Aji and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

NATO picking missile defense sites

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this image taken from video that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fires his weapon during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian rebels, civilians brace for long civil war

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels capture a helicopter air base near Damascus, Syria, the capital, after fierce fighting on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Activists: Syrian rebels seize major dam in north

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this image taken from video that has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels capture a helicopter air base near the capital, Damascus, after fierce fighting on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian rebels capture air base near Damascus

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani (left) in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 23, 2012. Larijani was in Damascus where he held talks with Assad and other officials before flying on to neighboring Lebanon. (Associated Press/SANA)

Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This citizen journalist image made from video provided by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels celebrating the takeover of Mayadeen military base near Deir el-Zour on Nov. 22, 2012. Syrian rebels strengthened their hold in an oil-rich strategic province bordering Iraq, capturing a key military base that was considered the last bastion for regime forces in the area. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Bomb in Palestinian camp in Damascus kills 4

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press