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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with an Arab official as she arrives to join foreign ministers from dozens of countries gathered in Istanbul on Sunday, April 1, 2012, to set conditions for a new Syria. (AP Photo)

Clinton doubts that Assad is interested in peace

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

In this picture released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the northwestern city of Mashhad, Iran, Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Supporters of Syrian opposition to meet in Turkey

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by the Syria media center Thursday, March 29, 2012, purports to show black smoke riding from buildings in Homs, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Syria Media Center via APTN)

Syria says it won’t be first to lay down arms

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Stop caving in to Russia, Iran, Syria

The Washington Times

Ahmad al-Qattan (center), Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the League of Arab States, attends the annual Arab League summit in Baghdad on March, 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis

By Abdullah Al-Shihri - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video on March 23, 2012, purports to show Syrians pulling out the body of a man under the rubble of a building that was bombed in Homs, Syria. (Associated Press/Syria Media Center via APTN)

Activists: Fresh clashes erupt in Syria

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

By BEN HUBBARD - Associated Press

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad on Thursday, March, 29, 2012. Only 10 leaders of the 22-member bloc are in attendance. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Fewer than half of Arab leaders attend Iraq summit

By Hamza Hendawi and Lara Jakes - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, purports to show a Syrian running to help a wounded man in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN)

2 Syrian colonels gunned down in northern city

Associated Press

Demonstrators in Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, chant slogans in support of the Arab Summit scheduled to start Thursday in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo)

Arab ministers want Syria to halt crackdown

By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad and wife Asma arrive for a formal dinner after a Mediterranean summit meeting in July 2008 at the Petit Palais in Paris. As Syria's bloodshed worsens, the country's British-born first lady has become an object of contempt. The EU has banned her from traveling in the countries. (Associated Press)

Syria’s first lady no longer idolized

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool)

Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continue

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network on Saturday, March 24, 2012, purports to show a fireball after rockets fell in the Khaldiyeh area of Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian troops shell Homs as Turkey closes embassy

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network on Saturday, March 24, 2012, purports to show a fireball after rockets fell in the Khaldiyeh area of Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Battles in Syria as Russia warns of ‘last chance’

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) greets former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, in Moscow on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/AP Photo, RIA Novosti Kremlin, Ekaterina Shtukina, Presidential Press Service)

Medvedev: Annan’s mission is Syria’s last chance

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

President Obama and Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Associated Press/File)

Obama, Turkish leader agree to up ‘nonlethal’ aid to Syrian activists

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An anti-Syrian regime protester holds a Syrian revolution flag and chants slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration after Friday prayers in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Activists: Syrian troops storm northwestern town

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 13, 2008, file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma arrive for a formal dinner after a Mediterranean Summit meeting at the Petit Palais in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

EU slaps sanctions on Assad’s wife, relatives

By Don Melvin and John Heilprin - Associated Press

A general view of Damascus, Syria, is seen on March 22, 2012. Mounting international condemnation of Bashar Assad's regime and high-level diplomacy have failed to ease the year-old Syria conflict, which the U.N. says has killed more than 8,000 people. (Associated Press)

Syrian activists: Clashes near Turkish border

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syrian Army soldiers shout slogans and hold up portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a pro-regime rally in Damascus, Syria, on March 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama administration grants protected status to Syrians

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times