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Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during the funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 5, 2012. Syrian troops launched a fierce assault Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, with activists describing it as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising began.(AP Photo)

Syria steps up offensives ahead of cease-fire

By Karin Laub - Associated Press

Foreign ministers from dozens of countries, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (center), gather in Istanbul on Sunday, April 1, 2012, to push for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo)

Syria conference: Gulf countries to fund rebels

By Bradley Klapper and Christopher Torchia - 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

Turkish ex-army chief rejects terrorism charges

By SUZAN FRASER - 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

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

Turkish journalists fear war on media amid crackdown

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Syrian refugees speak with a Turkish soldier as people fleeing violence in Syria continue to cross the border near Reyhanli, Turkey, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Syrians risk lives for refuge in Turkey

By Michael Gunn and Rose-Anne Clermont - Special to The Washington Times

Syrian refugees speak with a Turkish soldier as people fleeing violence in Syria continue to cross the border near Reyhanli, Turkey, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels smuggle people, goods across border with Turkey

By Michael Gunn and Rose-Anne Clermont - Special to The Washington Times

Wreckage from a crashed Turkish helicopter is loaded March 16, 2012, into a truck at the crash site on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Friday, killing several Turkish soldiers on board and young girls on the ground, Turkish and Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)

Turkish helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; 14 dead

By Rahim Faiez and Suzan Fraser - 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

The skyline of Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, rises above the Bosporus. (AP Photo)

Istanbul sheds its historic image and marches boldly into the future

By Christopher Torchia - 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

Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Turkey: quadruple limb transplant fails

By SELCAN HACAOGLU - Associated Press

Turkey: doctors perform quadruple limb transplant

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

World Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this April 7, 2011, file photo, New York Times Beirut Bureau Chief Anthony Shadid discusses his capture by Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya, during a talk at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum in Oklahoma City. The New York Times said Shadid died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on assignment in Syria. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria

By Cristian Salazar - Associated Press

Turkish riot police stand guard as Kurdish protesters gather for a demonstration in Istanbul on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the 1999 capture of Abdullah Ocalan, then head of the Kurdish rebel group PKK. (Associated Press)

Kurdish conflict takes toll on Turkey’s image

By Yasemin Ergin - Special to The Washington Times

Huge soccer match-fixing trial begins in Turkey

By SELCAN HACAOGLU - Associated Press