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Residents stand by their house, which was destroyed in clashes between the Free Syrian Army and President Bashar Assad's forces, in Sarmin, Syria, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syria vows to ‘cleanse’ rebel-held parts of Homs

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Paul Conroy of the Sunday Times lays wounded last week in a makeshift clinic in Homs, Syria. Activist groups say Mr. Conroy has been smuggled to safety in neighboring Lebanon by Syrian rebels. (Shaam News Network via Associated Press)

Journalist smuggled out of Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Fayssal al-Hamwi, Syria's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, delivers Feb. 28, 2012, his statement to the debate on Syria during the 19th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. (Associated Press/Keystone)

U.S. slams Syria over U.N. rights meeting walkout

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs as Syrian government troops advance toward the town of Sarmin, in northern Syria, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Wounded British journalist escapes from Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Briefly: Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

People burn portraits of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during a Feb. 26, 2012, demonstration against his regime in the outskirts from Idlib in northern Syria. (Associated Press)

Syrian official says West meddling

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Red Cross delivers aid to thousands in Hama

By Zeina Karam and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes a position Feb. 27, 2012, as the Syrian Army advances towards the town of Sarmin, Syria. (Associated Press)

Activist group: 138 dead across Syria

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Gesture by Assad called a ‘sham’ by West

By Zeina Karam and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

SANDERS: An echo of 1930s Spain in Syria today

By Sol Sanders

A Syrian woman (center) dances between pro-Syrian-regime supporters wearing police uniforms as they celebrate outside a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

West calls Syrian referendum a ‘sham’

By Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Supporters of the Free Syrian Army ride a motorcycle with a rocket-propelled grenade in Kafar Taharim, Syria, Friday, Feb. 24., 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syria: Tunisia conference will shed more blood

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Supporters of the Free Syrian Army ride a motorcycle with a rocket-propelled grenade in Kafar Taharim, Syria, Friday, Feb. 24., 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syrian opposition asks for arms to topple Assad

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Pro-Syrian demonstrators protest Feb. 24, 2012, outside the Cartago Hotel where the Conference on Syria is held in Tunis, Tunisia. (Associated Press)

Obama pledges continued pressure on Syria

By Ben Feller - Associated Press

People chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime during a demonstration Feb. 24., 2012, in Kafar Taharim, northern Syria. (Associated Press)

‘Friends of Syria’ vow support for opposition

By Matthew Lee and Paul Schemm - Associated Press

Syrian student protesters chant slogans during a Feb. 22, 2012, demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Aleppo University's Square, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

At least 50 killed in Syria as regime pound rebels

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (Associated Press/Presidential Press Service)

Moscow, Beijing reject ‘interference’ in Syria

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

Flames rise from a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, after shelling by government troops. This photo was taken by a citizen journalist and supplied by the Local Coordination Committees activist group. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Syrian forces shell Homs as crisis in city deepens

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Opponents of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad hold up Kurdish flags Wednesday at a rally in Qamishli, Syria, in an image provided by activists, the authenticity of which could not be independently verified. (Associated Press)

Conferees to demand Syria allow foreign aid

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House in London on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)

‘Friends of Syria’ consider ultimatum to Assad

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press