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**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (Associated Press)

McCain: Don’t count on Russia to force out Assad

By Anne Flaherty - Associated Press

Jihad Makdissi (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Syrian government denies being behind attack that killed 90

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, May 25, 2012 purports to show shelling in Jobar, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Activists: Toll from Syrian attack more than 90

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Anti-Syrian regime mourners chant slogans as they carry the body of soldier Khaled Shurbajy, who was shot by Syrian security forces in Dir el Zour last week after disobeying orders to fire on anti-Assad protesters, during his funeral procession, in the Kfar Suseh area of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday , May 26, 2012. (AP Photo)

Dozens of children killed in new Syria attack

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed May 23, 2012, purports to show Syrians chanting slogans during a demonstration in Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria are released

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at Damascus University in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP File Photo/SANA)

U.S. poised to vet possible arms for Syrian rebels

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, purports to show a building on fire from shelling in Homs province of Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

U.N.: Syrian forces, opposition committing crimes

By John Heilprin and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

World Briefs: Auction house cancels sale of Reagan blood vial

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Shadi Mawlawi (center), a Lebanese critic of the Syrian regime who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried on his friends' shoulders as they celebrate his release from jail in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Earlier this month, his arrest set off several days of clashes. (Associated Press)

Lebanese Shiites kidnapped in Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed May 22, 2012, purports to show U.N. observers being welcomed in Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Hezbollah appeals for calm after Syria kidnapping

By Bassem Mroue and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Lebanese anti-Syrian regime critic Shadi Mawlawi (center), who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried May 22, 2012, on his friends' shoulders in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, as they celebrate his release from jail. (Associated Press)

Bomb kills 5 in Syrian capital

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Masked Sunni gunmen hold their weapons May 21, 2012, as they attend the funeral procession of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, at his hometown village of Beireh, Lebanon. (Associated Press)

Violence in Syria spills over into Lebanon

By Ben Hubbard and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

World Briefs: Israelis mark 45 years since E. Jerusalem’s seizure

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration in the Zabadani neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)

Bomb explodes near top U.N. officials in Syria

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press/SANA)

Largest protests yet in Syrian city of Aleppo

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Syrian opposition group fractured as leader pledges to resign

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a speech Tuesday at Damascus University, said he would not step down and insisted that he still has his people's support despite a 10-month-old uprising against him. (SANA via Associated Press)

Syrian opposition head offers to resign

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syrian soldiers are seen through the damaged window of a military truck that was hit by a roadside bomb in Daraa, Syria, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The blast occurred just seconds after a team of U.N. observers passed by. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

U.N. team evacuated from tense Syrian town

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Assad says mercenaries are behind Syria unrest

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Zeina Karam - Associated Press