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PIPES: Stay out of Syria

By Daniel Pipes

Syrians Bassem Kharfani (left) and Mahmoud Jikar sit at the door of Mr. Jikar’s house in Azaz, Syria, on Monday. It was destroyed in a bombing last week. (Associated Press)

Shelling during Muslim holiday kills dozens in Syria

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad performs Eid prayers at the Hamad mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, to mark Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday ending the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syria’s Assad makes rare public appearance

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Lakhdar Brahimi (Associated Press)

Latest U.N. envoy for Syria not optimistic

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign affairs minister who was named Friday as the new U.N. envoy for Syria, gives an interview to the Associated Press in Paris on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

U.N. special envoy seeks unified voice on Syria

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

**FILE** Former Algerian foreign affairs minister Lakhdar Brahimi attends the Ambrosetti economic forum in Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy, on Sept. 4, 2009. (Associated Press)

Syria welcomes Algerian Brahimi as Annan successor

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** The first Air France Airbus A380 flight prepares for landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia in this file photo from June 2011. The double-decker plane is 238 feet long, 79 feet tall and has a wing span of 261 feet. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Air France: Out of gas? Ask passengers to pitch in

Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network purports to show Syrian Pilot Col. Rafik Mohammed Suleiman being interrogated by a rebel officer Aug. 13, 2012, after his Soviet-made MiG warplane was apparently hit by ground fire over Deir el-Zour province, an area near the Iraqi border. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

Syrian foreign minister: Rebels no match for military

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Syrian security investigate the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Several people were wounded, Syria's state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Saudi Arabia orders its citizens to leave Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syrian security investigate the scene Aug. 15, 2012, after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a hotel in Damascus, Syria, where U.N. observers are staying. Several people were wounded, Syria's state TV reported. TV said the explosion took place near a parking lot used by the army command, which is about 300 meters (yards) away. (Associated Press)

Syria tensions spill over border to Lebanon

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Syrian man looks for survivors Aug. 15, 2012, under the rubble of destroyed houses after an air strike in the town of Azaz, Syria, on the outskirts of Aleppo. (Associated Press)

Syrian warplanes bomb rebel-held town; 8 killed

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Syrian women pray during Laylat Al Qadr, the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in font of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

U.N. panel concludes war crimes perpetrated in Syria

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Syrian troops cited in war crimes

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

A Syrian boy arrives at a field hospital after an airstrike hit homes on the outskirts of Aleppo on Wednesday. As bloodshed increases in Syria, critics say President Obama has relied too heavily on the United Nations. (Associated Press)

Obama vs. Romney on Syria policy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Riad Hijab, Syriaís defected former prime minister, speaks at a press conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Hijab is the highest-ranking political figure to defect from Assadís regime and in his first public comments since leaving his post and fleeing to Jordan he said Tuesday that the regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Assad government near collapse, says ex-prime minister

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

Syrians inspect a hole allegedly made during an airstrike by government forces in the town of Marea, some 21 miles north of Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Prime minister who defected says Syrian regime near collapse

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, seen here with his golden retriever dog Bravo at the Pentagon, conducts an interview with the Associated Press on Aug. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

Panetta: Syria no-fly zone not on front burner

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, seen here with his golden retriever dog Bravo at the Pentagon, conducts an interview with the Associated Press on Aug. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

Iran’s help to prop up Syria’s Assad concerns U.S.

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Illustration Nuclear Israel by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KAHLILI: Iran admits giving WMDs to terrorists

By Reza Kahlili

This image purports to show Col. Rafik Mohammed Suleiman, a Syrian pilot, being interrogated by a rebel officer after his Soviet-made MiG warplane was apparently hit by ground fire over Deir el-Zour province in Syria on Monday. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels claim to capture pilot after downing plane

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press