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In this image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Thursday, April 26, 2012, a Syrian man holds the Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration in Hama, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria says suicide bomber kills 10 in Damascus

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

World Briefs: 1 billion tourists expected this year

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Syrian protesters gather around U.N. observers during their visit to the restive suburb of Douma, outside Damascus, Syria, on Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo)

Activists: Syrian forces resume shelling

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

A U.N. observer and a Syrian army officer (left) listen to citizens during a visit to pro-Syrian-regime neighborhoods in Homs province of central Syria on Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian rebels target security officials in Damascus

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

President Obama, accompanied by Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor, lights a candle in the Hall of Remembrance as they tour the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama targets Iran, Syria with new sanctions

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Syrian security forces raid a neighborhood in Daraa, Syria, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Friday, April 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Activists: Dozens killed in Hama after U.N. visit

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

President Obama speaks April 23, 2012, at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. (Associated Press)

At Holocaust Museum, Wiesel challenges Obama over Israel policy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A United Nations vehicle passes under a Syrian flag held by supporters of President Bashar Assad in Homs on Monday. Syrian troops armed with heavy machine guns killed dozens in the central city of Hama after the U.N. visit. (Sana via Associated Press)

Activists: Dozens killed after U.N. visit to monitor Syrian cease-fire

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

This image made from video and supplied by Syrian TV shows U.N. observers during a visit to Homs, Syria, on Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Syria TV via AP Video)

U.N. observers tour rebel-held Syria town

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video purports to show a Free Syrian Army solider accompanying U.N. observers in Rastan town in Homs, Syria. (Associated Press)

U.N. monitors tour Syrian town; troops pound suburb

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

This image made from video made available by Syrian TV shows U.N. observer team leader Col. Ahmed Himmiche, left, meeting with the governor of Homs, Syria, Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Syria TV via AP video) TV OUT SYRIA OUT

U.N. monitors visit Syria opposition stronghold

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives April 19, 2012, on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about recent developments with the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: We’ll be ready if needed for Syria

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives April 19, 2012, on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about recent developments with the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

No plan for U.S. military intervention in Syria, officials say

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Smoke billows after purported shelling by government forces in the Khaldiyeh district of Homs on Wednesday. A witness said security agents fired at protesters and a rights group reported that eight were wounded. (Shaam News Network via Associated Press)

Syrian agents shoot 8 protesters near U.N. monitors

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, purports to show smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)

Assad’s agents fire at Syrian protesters near U.N. monitors

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Assange interviews Hezbollah leader in TV premiere

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

The Inshaat neighborhood in the opposition stronghold of Homs shows the results of regime shelling. More than 9,000 have died in the 13-month uprising. (Associated Press)

Truce tearing in Syria as attacks rise

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Anti-regime activists in Syria cover their faces with scarves in the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag last month as they prepare a protest banner that reads in Arabic, "How would a mother be happy in the Eid (mother's day) while in each home we have a martyr?" With 60 percent of the Arab world's population under 25, protesters say they are working not just for regime change but for the dreams of their generation, on hold for now. (Associated Press)

Young activists put dreams on hold

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

U.N. observers, led by Moroccan Col. Ahmed Himmiche (left), leave the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

World powers cling to Syria truce despite violence

By Ben Hubbard and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Smoke billows from the purported shelling of Homs, Syria, in an image from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian truce eroding as first U.N. monitors head to Damascus

By Karin Laub - Associated Press