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** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) greets U.N. and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi before their closed-door meeting in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian President Assad says he will not leave country

Associated Press

Head of a man, cast bronze, 1st century B.C. to 2nd century A.D. (Photo courtesy Arthur M. Sacker Gallery)

An Arabian road show

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a damaged vehicle at the scene after an attack in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 7, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)

Syrian rebels make new push into capital of Damascus

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center, walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan Andrew Harper, right, during his visit to Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron, visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, said the U.S., Britain and other allies should do more to "shape the opposition" into a coherent force and open channels of communication directly with rebel military commanders. Previously, Britain and the U.S. have acknowledged contacts only with exile groups and political opposition figures inside Syria. (AP Photo)

Western allies expecting a re-elected Obama to take bolder action in Syria

By David Stringer and Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

British Prime Minister David Cameron (front row center) walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (second from right) and Andrew Harper (right), U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan, during his visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)

Western efforts on Syria shifting

By Dale Gavlak and David Stringer - Associated Press

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a Syrian man helping an injured man at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several people were killed and injured, among them children, Al-Ikhbaria said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Maj. Gen. Mohammed Fares, an ex-Syrian astronaut who defected in August and joined the main umbrella group for opponents of the Assad regime, attends a meeting of the general assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmed Khalil, Syrian National Council)

Defector: Most Syrian bomber pilots grounded

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Brother of Syria’s parliament speaker assassinated

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A damaged building is seen through a window on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Intense fighting erupts in Syrian capital of Damascus

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syrians gather at the scene of a blast in Damascus on Monday, according to state-run Al-Ikhbariya television. Several people were killed and injured, the station reported. The U.S. believes a new opposition council would prevent al Qaeda terrorists and other “bad actors” from hijacking the 19-month revolt. (SANA via Associated Press)

U.S. pushes for new rebel council in Syria

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Rebel fighters run for cover through smoke from an explosion as they try to repel a coordinated attack from mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire by loyalists of President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian rebels capture oilfield near Iraqi border

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, photo, damaged buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Karm al-Jebel battlefield after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian tanks enter demilitarized Israeli frontier

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A citizen journalist's image taken on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings destroyed by the shelling of Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad in the al-Qossour neighborhood in Homs province in central Syria. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)

Syrian rebels kill 28 regime soldiers as fighting rages

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Zagreb international airport, Croatia, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Clinton is currently touring northern Africa and southeast Europe. (AP Photo/Damir Sencar, Pool)

Clinton ‘not surprised’ by Syrian cease-fire failure

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Destroyed buildings line a desolated street in the Bustan Al-Pasha district of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian jets pound rebel strongholds across country

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, photo, a rebel sniper aims at Syrian army positions in the Aleppo Jedida district, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

Syria activists report 23 dead in Damascus suburb

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Syrian security forces are seen in June where a car bomb exploded near the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zainab in a Damascus suburb. Iraqi Shiites fear targeting of their sect and holy sites if Bashar Assad falls. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites dread fall of Assad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Adam Schreck - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather next to cars that were destroyed by a car bomb, at Jaramana neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, Monday Oct. 29, 2012. A Syrian government official says a car bomb in a Damascus suburb has killed 10 people. The official said the blast on Monday in Jaramana also wounded 41 people and caused heavy damage. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian warplanes bombard rebels with 60 airstrikes

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Syrian civilian sobs as a relative lies on a hospital trolley after was he was wounded by a sniper shot to his back in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday. A U.N.-backed truce declared for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha has failed to take hold. (Associated Press)

Fighting mars holiday truce; Syrian planes strike suburbs

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Syrians cross a street as a pile of rubbish burns along the roadside in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

New fighting in Syria despite U.N.-backed truce

By Karin Laub - Associated Press