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In this photo provided by the United Nations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks via telephone to with U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan from his hotel room in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, April 12, 2012, the deadline for the cease-fire in Syria. (AP Photo/The United Nations, Evan Schneider)

U.N. approves first observers for Syria

By Edith M. Lederer - 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

The Syrian flag and a sign in Arabic that reads "the Syrian Arabic Republic" mark the empty chair of the Syrian representative during the Arab League Syria Group and foreign ministers meeting Sunday in Cairo. The group is seeking to halt the bloodshed in the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. (Associated Press)

Arab League seeks U.N. monitor

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard Monday during a rally of anti-regime demonstrators in Idlib, Syria. The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria, and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in an escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power. (Associated Press)

U.S. shuts embassy in Syria as Obama tells Assad to go

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev before their meeting at the Bulgarian Presidency building in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Oleg Popov)

Clinton calls for friends of Syria to unite

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Sunday in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she says the international community must stop the bloodshed in Syria. (Associated Press)

Clinton implores ‘friends of Syria’ to rebuke Assad

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster with caricature depicting the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 2nd left, pumping up their ally Syrian President Bashar Assad, centre, as she walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. Arabic on the poster reads, "free people of occupied Kfarnebel." (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group and shot on Jan. 29, 2012, purports to show a funeral in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian military launched an offensive to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus, storming neighborhoods and clashing with groups of army defectors in fierce fighting that sent residents fleeing and killed at several people, activists said. (Associated Press/Ugarit News Group via APTN)

Clinton: U.S. condemns uptick in Syrian crackdown

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Western effort to end Assad’s crackdown fails

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Netanyahu: Palestinian statehood bid will fail

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

ON TRIAL: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak lies on a hospital gurney in a cage of mesh and bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday as his trial begins. (Egyptian State TV via Associated Press)

Arab Spring sees a trial in Egypt, tanks in Syria

By David Enders - Special to The Washington Times

Britain sends body armor, police uniforms to Libya

By David Stringer and George Jahn - Associated Press

U.N. report warns of regional ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Sudan

By Maggie Fick - Associated Press

Sudan jeopardizes removal from terrorist list

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

HOLMES: Prejudices, double standards in Libya rationales

By Kim R. Holmes

Arabs, West plan to fund Libyan rebels, possibly from Gadhafi’s accounts

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Qatar becomes 1st Arab country to fly over Libya

By Hadeel Al-Shalchi - Associated Press

Pro-Gadhafi forces continue assaults, despite government cease-fire

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times