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Syrian riot police stand guard during a rally Thursday supporting President Bashar Assad in Damascus. Thousands poured into the streets of the Syrian capital in a show of support for the Assad regime as soldiers tightened their siege in opposition areas on the one-year anniversary of the country's uprising. (Associated Press)

Syria regime loyalists rally on revolt anniversary

By Combined dispatches

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Oust Obama

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

**FILE** Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) speaks at a ceremony marking Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad on Jan. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

Iraq lets Iran fly arms to Syria despite U.S. protests

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron attend the Mississippi Valley State-Western Kentucky basketball game in first-round NCAA tournament play on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cameron, Obama meeting on weighty issues

By Desmond Butler - Associated Press

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

Assad emails: Iran gave uprising advice; Qatar offered exile

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Congolese warlord convicted in ICC’s 1st judgment

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Syrian rebels take position during clashes with government forces in Idlib, Syria, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syrian forces take rebel stronghold near Turkey

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Syria uses land mines at borders

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Free Syrian Army fighters take cover during fierce fighting against government troops in Idlib, Syria, on Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Activists: Civilians ‘massacred’ in central Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Activists say Assad forces kill 16 after retaking stronghold

By Bassem Mroue ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) meets with former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the world body's special envoy to Syria, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Annan ends Syria trip with no deal

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Kofi Annan, the United Nations special envoy to Syria, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday March 10, 2012. The state-run news agency SANA reported that talks between Assad and Annan were "positive" but there were no further details on the meeting. Syrian troops pushed ahead with a new assault on the northern region of Idlib on Saturday, shelling one of the centers of the uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule and sending families fleeing for safety as armed rebels tried to fend off the attack. Thick black smoke billowed into the sky. (AP Photo/SANA)

U.S. officials: Loyal army, inner circle back Assad

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Anti-regime protesters chants slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration on March 9, 2012, after Friday prayer in Beirut. (Associated Press)

U.N. to survey health needs in 4 Syrian cities

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

A woman weeps as she prays during an anti-government demonstration in Idlib, Syria, on March 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. hopes dim for U.N. resolution on Syria

By Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian National Council leader Burhan Ghalioun attends a news conference in Paris on March 1, 2012. (Associated Press)

Syria opposition chief rejects talks

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HANSON: Sick and tired of the Middle East

By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times

This image made from amateur video and released by Aljizahnews on Thursday purports to show a deputy to Syria's oil ministry who identifies himself as Abdo Husameddine at an unidentified location.(Associated Press)

Syrian deputy minister defects, slams Assad

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

This image made from amateur video and released by Aljizahnews on Thursday, March 8, 2012, purports to show Abdo Husameddine, a deputy in Syria's Oil Ministry, at an unidentified location. (AP Photo/Aljizahnews via APTN)

Syrian official defects to protest Assad crackdown

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Syrians walk past a Free Syrian Army fighter (left) in the old city of Idlib, Syria, on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syria’s Baba Amr is deserted, Red Cross says

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, testifies March 7, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

Panetta: U.S. pledges $10 million in aid to Syrians

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times