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This image from amateur video that AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital intensified as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (Associated Press/Ugarit News via AP Video)

Syrian rebels press in battle for Damascus airport

Associated Press

Istanbul on course to return to 2013 F1 calendar

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syria criticizes NATO move on Patriot missiles

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

A Lebanese army soldier stands on top of a tank during clashes that erupted in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday. The fighting comes as rebels close in on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s seat of power in Damascus. (Associated Press)

Syrian civil war spills into neighboring nation

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Erdogan’s Turkey no U.S. ally

The Washington Times

A Free Syria Army fighter receives treatment Dec. 3, 2012, at a makeshift clinic during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Fighting surges around Syrian capital of Damascus

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Domiz refugee camp in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq has absorbed more than 30,000 Syrian Kurds since April, housing many of them in U.N. Refugee Agency tents. (Giulio Petrocco/ Special to The Washington Times)

Syrian Kurds find refuge in Iraq’s Kurdish region

By Jacob Resneck and Krasimir Yankov - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO backs Patriot anti-missile system for Turkey

By Bradley Klapper and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Turkey, Pakistan top Clinton’s trip agenda

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in recognition of World AIDS Day. She released “The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,” an ambitious blueprint to create an AIDS-free generation. (Associated Press)

Turkey’s defense, Pakistan top Clinton’s agenda

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

NATO picking missile defense sites

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Woods not interested in European membership

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels capture a helicopter air base near Damascus, Syria, the capital, after fierce fighting on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Activists: Syrian rebels seize major dam in north

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This citizen journalist image made from video provided by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels celebrating the takeover of Mayadeen military base near Deir el-Zour on Nov. 22, 2012. Syrian rebels strengthened their hold in an oil-rich strategic province bordering Iraq, capturing a key military base that was considered the last bastion for regime forces in the area. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Bomb in Palestinian camp in Damascus kills 4

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani (left) in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 23, 2012. Larijani was in Damascus where he held talks with Assad and other officials before flying on to neighboring Lebanon. (Associated Press/SANA)

Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

**FILE** Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves Oct. 23, 2012, to the crowd as he arrives with Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for a corner-stone laying ceremony for a Qatari-funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. (Associated Press)

Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Sir Paul McCartney (Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)

An open letter to Sir Paul McCartney, from America on Thanksgiving Day

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra acknowledge each other at a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama warns Israel, Palestinians of further escalation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Israel, Egypt talk Gaza cease-fire as strikes widen

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press

An Israeli Iron Dome missile is launched near the city of Be'er Sheva, southern Israel, to intercept a rocket fired from Gaza Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels. (AP Photo/Ahikam Seri)

Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down Hamas rocket fired at Tel Aviv

By Ibrahim Barzak and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press