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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, photo, a Syrian rebel fighter takes cover as he watches over the enemy position as mortar explosions and gunfire in Aleppo, Syria, on the first day of Eid Al-Adha. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist group's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

Associated Press

Bushr Al Tawashi is carried by his mother, Arin Al Dakkar, outside of a private Sigma TV station in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Oct. 26, 2012. The 2-year-old Syrian boy, who was believed dead after his family inadvertently left him behind as they fled shelling in Damascus last summer, was been reunited with his parents in Cyprus, a lawyer said. (Associated Press)

Syrian toddler thought dead reunited with parents

By Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, shakes hands with worshippers at a mosque on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Fighting raged near a military base in Syria's north as a cease-fire in the bloody civil war was supposed to go into effect Friday at dawn, activists said, illustrating the difficulty of enforcing even a limited truce coinciding with a Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/SANA)

Fighting mars Syria holiday truce; protests resume

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this June 14, 2012, file photo, U.N. observers inspect the prayer hall of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which was damaged after a car bomb exploded near the shrine, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Iraqi Shiites increasingly fear the Muslim sect and its holy sites could be targeted in Syria, and Iranian-linked militants loyal to the faction are girding for a new eruption of retaliatory sectarian fighting, according to Iraqi Shiite leaders and government officials. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears

By Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, photo. An Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his gun toward government troops as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out a military operation at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in Karmal Jabl neighborhood, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

Syrian army pledges 4-day truce amid rebel gains in Aleppo

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position Wednesday as rebels belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group fight at the Moaskar front line in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo. The protracted Syrian war is spilling into other countries. (Associated Press)

Syrian war boils over onto U.S. allies; outside jihadists rush in

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** 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)

Islamic militant group in Syria rejects truce

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A Palestinian family (top) watches mourners Oct. 23, 2012, carry the body of Palestinian Ahmad Queider, 20, during a funeral procession in the Sunni neighborhood of Tarik al-Jadida in Beirut. The man was killed the day before as he rode his motorcycle during an exchange of gunfire between Lebanese troops and gunmen. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah rejects international probe in killing

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs after attacking a tank with a rocket-propelled grenade during fighting in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, in early September. Syria’s rebels are slowly starting to expand their arsenal and get their hands on more advanced weapons in their fight against the regime of President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)

Syrian regime, rebels constantly adapt arsenals

By Hamza Hendawi and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

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Embassy Row: Turkey’s enemies

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

A Palestinian family Tuesday look at mourners carrying Ahmad Queider, 20, a Palestinian killed Monday during an exchange of gunfire in Beirut, where fighting was touched off by the assassination of an anti-Syrian intelligence chief. (Associated Press)

Calm returns to Beirut as troops launch operation

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

**FILE** A Free Syrian Army fighter walks Sept. 10, 2012, through a street in Amariya district in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Syrian warplanes strike rebel-held town in north

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 15, 2010, file photograph, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon. Mashaal won't seek re-election, Hamas announced Saturday, paving the way for a leadership contest and possible struggle over the ideological direction of the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanese lawmaker calls for government to resign

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon toward Syrian army positions in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syrian violence spills into Jordan, Lebanon

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Black smoke rises in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Monday from a burning house that was attacked during clashes that erupted between supporters and foes of the Syrian regime. (Associated Press)

Lebanese troops aim to contain sectarian violence

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Sunni gunmen patrol an empty street leading to a Shiite neighborhood in Beirut on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese army tries to force gunmen from streets

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama react to moderator Bob Schieffer during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Obama, Romney tangle on al Qaeda, foreign policy in final presidential debate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Libya by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: The real reason behind Benghazigate

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Jordanian soldier killed in skirmish with militants

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press