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Free Syrian Army fighters are seen in a truck outside their headquarters in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syrian planes pound Aleppo; 3 children among the dead

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Opposition calls for overthrow of Syria’s Assad

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Azmat Allah Kolmahmedov (left), the Russian ambassador to Syria, greets Aref Dalila, a Syrian opposition figure, at the opening session of a conference of some 16 opposition parties headed by the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria in Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Syrian opposition figures meet in Damascus

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman holds a bouquet of flowers and rebel flag during a demonstration in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that nearly 30,000 Syrians have been killed during the 18-month uprising against the Assad regime. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Syrian rebels move command from Turkey to Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft machine gun against a Syrian Army jet in the Saif Al Dula district in Aleppo, Syria, on Sept. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

Syria’s Assad says rebels will be defeated

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands at the front line in the Amariya district in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syrian activists: Airstrikes kill at least 30

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

A Syrian rebel sleeps last month after fighting government forces in Aleppo. A 60-member coalition called Friends of the Syrian People, recognizing that sanctions alone will not bring down the Assad regime, is collaborating on financial strategies. (Associated Press)

U.S., allies put financial pressure on Assad regime

By Toby Sterling - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press/SANA)

Allies use power of the purse against Syrian regime

By Toby Sterling - Associated Press

Syrian refugees chant slogans to protest against the visit of Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, not pictured, to the Zaatari Refugees Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Syrian rebels seize control of a border crossing

By Nebi Qena - Associated Press

World Briefs: Israel military holds largest snap drill in years

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Briefly: Iran deploys sub in Persian Gulf

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lakhdar Brahimi (left), the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, speaks in Mafraq, Jordan, on Tuesday as Andrew Harper, the UNHCR representative to Jordan, listens during a visit to the Zaatari refugee camp for Syrians who fled the civil war. (Associated Press)

Syrian refugees protest U.N. envoy

By Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

Syrian jets hit Lebanese land near border

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Illustration Bush Cheney Thumbprint by John Camejo for The Washington Times

SMITH: ‘Hope’ is not a foreign-policy strategy

By Michael S. Smith II

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd from his popemobile upon his arrival to celebrate an open-air Mass for hundreds of thousands on the waterfront of Beirut on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Pope makes peace appeal at Beirut open-air Mass

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

Syrians who fled their homes because of fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces, take refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi School in the Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Syria accuses Turkey of allowing al Qaeda transit

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI waves his hand upon arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut on Sept. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

Pope appeals for peace in Lebanon visit

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

Jolie hears ‘horrific’ accounts of Syrian refugees

By DALE GAVLAK - Associated Press

** FILE ** Angelina Jolie, the U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, speaks to the press during her visit to the Zaatari Syrian Refugees Camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The Hollywood star arrived on Tuesday morning in the Zaatari camp, which hosts about 27,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict in their homeland. (Associated Press)

Angelina Jolie: Hears ‘horrific’ accounts of Syrian refugees

By Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Russian trade bill lacks full support

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times