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A Syrian looks at a damaged car at the site of a car bomb attack in the Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria's Christian minority, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Explosion in Syrian capital kills at least 13, wounds 29

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese government in Beirut on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday in a car bombing. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Funeral for slain Lebanese official ends in clashes

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Honor guards carry the coffin, which is wrapped in the Lebanese flag, of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan during the funeral procession at Martyrs Square in Beirut on Sunday. Gen. al-Hassan was killed by a car bomb on Friday. (Associated Press)

Killing of Lebanese general blamed on Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

A family walks past flaming tires used as a roadblock to protest the death of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence division of Lebanon's domestic security forces in a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanese prime minister links car bomb to crisis in Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Lebanese rescue worker (center) helps an injured man at the scene of an car bomb explosion Oct. 19, 2012, in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut. (Associated Press)

Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others

By Bassem Mroue and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Illustration U.N. Weight by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

YOO: Obama’s U.N. worship jeopardized national security

By John Yoo

Illustration Obama's Foreign Policy by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HENRIKSEN: Obama foreign policy should cost him the election

By Thomas H. Henriksen

In this citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, this general view shows destroyed houses that were damaged by Syrian government forces shelling, at Baba Amr neighborhood, in Homs province, Syria, Thursday Oct. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)

Syrian strikes kill scores in rebel areas

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Envoy seeks a cease-fire during Muslim holiday

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. Arab League deputy to Syria, speaks Oct. 17, 2012, during a press conference at the government palace in Beirut after meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (Associated Press)

U.N. Syria envoy calls on government to start truce

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, a general view of hangars at a desert military training facility where U.S. forces — and a handful of British allies — are training Jordanian commandos in Russeifeh, Jordan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons but seem to have few good options other for securing the toxic agents stuffed into shells, bombs and missiles that have been caught in the midst of a raging civil war. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Syria’s chemical weapons secure — for now

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, Syrians react after a government warplane was shot down in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian planes pound rebels in north

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (AP Photo/Hakan Goktepe, Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Turkey bars Syrian civilian flights

Associated Press

Smoke rises over the Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Rights watchdog: Syria using cluster bombs

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al Arabi shake hands before a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Erdogan and al Arabi expected to discuss Syria. Turkey’s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer)

Turkish premier slams Security Council over Syria

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, a Syrian youth cries next to the truck holding the body his brother, killed by Syrian Army shelling, outside Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Syria activists say jihadis seize missile base

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Elite police officers and riot police (left) guard on Wednesday a parking lot in Torcy, east of Paris, where police found bomb-making material after police broke up a suspected terrorist cell last week. Potassium and sulfur were recovered. (Associated Press)

Terror cell planned to join jihadists fighting in Syria

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

People gather atop the aircraft steps outside a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition

By Frank Jordans and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

French Prosecutor Francois Molins, during a news conference in Paris on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, describes the discovery of bomb-making materials believed to belong to a suspected terrorist cell. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Prosecutor: French terror cell planned Syria trip

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel (right) listens Oct. 9, 2012, to a commander during his tour of the military along the border with Syria in Hatay, Turkey. (Associated Press/Turkish Military)

Turkey vows more force against Syrian shelling

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press