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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires at Syrian troops near Idlib earlier this month. U.S. intelligence officials fear a protracted conflict is ahead with the military remaining loyal to the Assad regime and the opposition forces fragmented and unable to attack as a unified force. (Associated Press)

‘Seesaw battle’ in Syria likely to last

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, smoke rises from buildings following purported shelling in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)

Syria violence escalates as U.S. seeks turning point

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Gunmen kill seven at TV station near the Syrian capital

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, briefs the press at the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

Annan: Iran, Saudi Arabia not invited at Syria conference

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Clinton hopeful that Syria meeting can be turning point

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

HOLMES: A new approach to Syria

By Kim R. Holmes

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Sunday, June 24, 2012, purports to show Syrian military tanks in Hama, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)

Activists: Syrian rebels clash with elite troops

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. "Any Syrian military element that approaches Turkish border will be regarded as threat " Erdogan said four days after a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey warns Syria away from its border

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Anti-Assad forces proliferate in Syria

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, purports to show anti-Syrian regime mourners raising their hands and chanting slogans, as they carry the coffins of Syrian citizens who were killed by the Syrian forces shelling, in Daraa, southern Syria, Tuesday June 26, 2012. Syria's elite Republican Guard forces clashed with rebels just outside Damascus Tuesday in some of the most intense fighting involving the special forces guarding the capital since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began last year, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)

Assad declares ‘state of war’ as regime’s grip on Syria loosens

By Bradley Secker and Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

The flags of NATO member countries fly outside the alliance's headquarters in Brussels in June 2007. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Turkey jet crisis unlikely to pull NATO into Syria

By Slobodan Lekic and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A Turkish coast guard ship searches the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Sunday, June 24, 2012, for the Turkish warplane that was downed by Syria on Friday. (AP Photo)

Syrian soldiers defect to Turkey as tensions soar

By Bassem Mroue and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) prays next to Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun (second from left) at the Al-Rawda Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, during a ceremony marking the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammad. (AP Photo/SANA)

D.C. peace group disinvites Syrian cleric for dialogue

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

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

NATO to meet over downing of Turkish plane by Syria

By Selcan Hacaoglu - Associated Press

Briefly: NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Tunisians turn up as foreign jihadis in Syria

By Bouazza ben Bouazza and Paul Schemm - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 29, 2010, file photo, a Turkish pilot salutes before take-off at an air base in Konya, Turkey. Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Saturday, June 23, 2012, his country would take "necessary" action against Syria for the downing of a Turkish military jet, but suggested that the aircraft may have unintentionally violated the Syrian airspace. The plane went down in the Mediterranean Sea about 8 miles (13 kilometers) away from the Syrian town of Latakia, Turkey, said. (AP Photo/File)

Syria: Downing of Turkish plane not a hostile act

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Kofi Annan (right), Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, and Major-General Robert Mood, head of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria and Chief Military Observer, look on during a news briefing June 22, 2012, at the United Nations in Geneva. (Associated Press)

U.N.’s Annan: Iran should be part of Syria solution

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN and taken on Thursday, June 21, 2012, purports to show smoke from shelling rising up from buildings in the Khaldiyeh neighborhood of Homs province, central Syria. The Associated Press is unable to independently verify the authenticity, content, location or date of this handout photo. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)

Syrian TV says gunmen kidnapped and killed 25

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed Wednesday, June 20, 2012, purports to Syrians riding motor bikes during a demonstration in Hama, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian pilot defects to Jordan with plane

By Bassem Mroue and Jamal Halaby - Associated Press