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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Silent House’

By Claire Hopley - Special to The Washington Times

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an airstrike by Syrian warplanes in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria bombs town near Turkish border for 2nd day

By Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press

A women passes accumulated garbage in the Al-Bohout area of Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 10, 2012. Due to heavy fighting and shelling, the garbage collection system collapsed weeks before. (Associated Press)

Israel strikes Syria armor, hiking spillover fears

By Ariel Schalit and Josef Federman - Associated Press

An elderly and disabled Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village prays Nov. 10, 2012, in front of his tent at a displaced persons camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. (Associated Press)

Israel drawn into Syria fighting for first time

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, center, ministers and army commanders follow a guard of honor at the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk during a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of his death in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Turkish media say 17 soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash early Saturday in Siirt province in the country’s southeast. State-run TRT television said the crash occurred in heavy fog in a mountainous area. (AP Photo)

Turkey: 17 soldiers killed in helicopter crash

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Syrian rebel fighters take cover Oct. 26, 2012, as a Syrian army sniper aims over a destroyed mosque in Tarik Al-Bab, southeast of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Rebels capture security posts in northern Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian children, who fled their homes due to government shelling, take refuge Sept. 13, 2012, with their families at Bab Al-Salameh crossing border, hoping to cross to one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. (Associated Press)

11,000 Syrians flee in single day in refugee surge

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center, walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan Andrew Harper, right, during his visit to Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron, visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, said the U.S., Britain and other allies should do more to "shape the opposition" into a coherent force and open channels of communication directly with rebel military commanders. Previously, Britain and the U.S. have acknowledged contacts only with exile groups and political opposition figures inside Syria. (AP Photo)

Western allies expecting a re-elected Obama to take bolder action in Syria

By David Stringer and Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

British Prime Minister David Cameron (front row center) walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (second from right) and Andrew Harper (right), U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan, during his visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)

Western efforts on Syria shifting

By Dale Gavlak and David Stringer - Associated Press

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a Syrian man helping an injured man at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several people were killed and injured, among them children, Al-Ikhbaria said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

**FILE** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Associated Press)

Reports: Blanks fired near Turkish prime minister’s office

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A damaged building is seen through a window on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Intense fighting erupts in Syrian capital of Damascus

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

WORLD BRIEFS: New EU talks with Turkey urged

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, photo, a rebel sniper aims at Syrian army positions in the Aleppo Jedida district, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

Syria activists report 23 dead in Damascus suburb

By Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

Police can’t deter marchers supporting a secular Turkey

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

The imam of this mosque in the rural mountain town of Rudozem complains that secret police have been spying on the local Muslim community. (Tzvetelina Belutova/Special to The Washington Times)

Imams’ trial tests Bulgaria’s religious tolerance

By Krasimir Yankov - Special to The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position Wednesday as rebels belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group fight at the Moaskar front line in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo. The protracted Syrian war is spilling into other countries. (Associated Press)

Syrian war boils over onto U.S. allies; outside jihadists rush in

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

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Embassy Row: Turkey’s enemies

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Moderator Bob Schieffer, right, watches as President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history in final presidential debate

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

In this citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a destroyed house from Syrian government forces shelling is seen Oct. 18, 2012, at Jouret al-Shiyah, in the Homs province of Syria. (Associated Press)

Envoy arrives in Syria amid calls for truce

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press