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**FILE** Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves Oct. 23, 2012, to the crowd as he arrives with Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for a corner-stone laying ceremony for a Qatari-funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. (Associated Press)

Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, gives a press conference in Tehran on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. He warned that "nothing will remain" of Israel if it takes military action against Iran over its controversial nuclear program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran admits giving Hamas technology for missiles

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Regime blasts EU for backing rebellion coalition

Associated Press

Syrian fighters celebrate victory atop a tank they took after storming a military base in Aleppo on Nov. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels seize military base, munitions

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

World Briefs: Stampede kills at least 14 during religious festival

The Washington Times

Islamic preacher Maath al-Khatib poses for a photo after being elected president of the newly formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, created after the Syrian National Council (SNC) agreed to the new group, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Syrian Islamist groups reject opposition coalition

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

**FILE** A Syrian father and two of his sons salvage furniture from their home in Maraat al-Numan, Syria, on Nov. 17, 2012. The house was destroyed in bombing by government forces. (Associated Press)

EU endorses Syrian opposition

By Don Melvin and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Opposition fighters celebrate capturing a tank after storming a military base in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday. Islamist rebels refuse to join a Western-backed coalition. (Associated Press)

Syrian extremists spurn Western-backed coalition

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

World Briefs: Tehran hosts talks on Syrian crisis

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

World Briefs: Iran ready to boost nuke program

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

World Briefs: Venezuela turns over drug lord to Colombia

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an airstrike by Syrian warplanes in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria bombs town near Turkish border for 2nd day

By Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press

A women passes accumulated garbage in the Al-Bohout area of Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 10, 2012. Due to heavy fighting and shelling, the garbage collection system collapsed weeks before. (Associated Press)

Israel strikes Syria armor, hiking spillover fears

By Ariel Schalit and Josef Federman - Associated Press

Smoke rises after shells fired by the Syrian army explode in the Syrian village of Bariqa, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel hits a Syrian launcher at border

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times

Israel retaliates with warning shots after stray Syrian shell hits

By Amy Teibel ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

George Sabra, the new head of the Syrian National Council, the main Syrian opposition bloc in exile, speaks to reporters Nov. 10, 2012, during a press conference on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council meeting in Doha, Qatar. (Associated Press)

Syrian opposition groups reach unity deal

By Abdullah Rebhy - Associated Press

Lebanese Army soldiers are seen near a damaged car in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Nov. 11, 2012. Security officials said shooting between Sunni and Shiite Muslim gunmen in southern Lebanon killed one person and wounded at least three. (Associated Press)

Shooting between Lebanese Shiites, Sunnis kills 3

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

An elderly and disabled Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village prays Nov. 10, 2012, in front of his tent at a displaced persons camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. (Associated Press)

Israel drawn into Syria fighting for first time

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Syrian regime opponent George Sabra , center, during the vote count of the election of the Executive Office of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Suicide blasts in Syria kill at least 20 troops

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian children, who fled their homes due to government shelling, take refuge Sept. 13, 2012, with their families at Bab Al-Salameh crossing border, hoping to cross to one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. (Associated Press)

11,000 Syrians flee in single day in refugee surge

Associated Press