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This frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Syrian rebels sitting inside a vehicle of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent after they were released as part of a deal to evacuate over 10,000 residents from Madaya and Zabadani, two opposition-held areas near Damascus, and the two rebel-besieged villages of Foua and Kfarya, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Syria's government and rebels exchanged some 30 prisoners and nine bodies, part of a larger agreement to evacuate four besieged areas in different parts of the country, activists and officials said Wednesday. The Arabic words above read:&quot;Handing over the fighter prisoners as part of the exchange deal.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Russia: US attack spurs Syria military solution

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In this Aug. 11, 2016 photo, Martine Gestime 32, wipes her tears during an interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Gestime said she was raped by a Brazilian peacekeeper in 2008 and became pregnant with her son, Ashford. Unable to afford school for him, she relies on him to beg for food. &quot;He tells me all the time that he doesn’t have a father or mother who can look after him.&quot; (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

AP Exclusive: UN child sex ring left victims but no arrests

By PAISLEY DODDS - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Tuesday April 4, 2017 file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a man carrying a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. Turkey's health minister, Recep Akdag said Tuesday, April 11, 2017, that test results conducted on victims of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun confirm that sarin gas was used. (Edlib Media Center, via AP, File)

Turkey: Autopsies show sarin gas used against Syrian town

By BASSEM MROUE and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

US says withdrawing UN military from Haiti is good example

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE --In this Aug. 17, 2016 file frame grab taken from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits in an ambulance after being pulled out of a building hit by an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. With its missile strike on Shayrat Airbase in central Syria, Washington signaled that it had judged President Bashar Assad responsible for the horrific chemical weapons attack in north Syria that drew international outrage last week. But it is not the first or even deadliest atrocity of the war. (Aleppo Media Center via AP, File)

Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities

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FILE -- This August 26, 2013, file image taken from amateur video posted online, shows a presumed UN staff member measuring and photographing a canister in the suburb of Moadamiyeh in Damascus, Syria. The chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in northern Syria this week has provoked international outrage and triggered the first direct U.S. strikes against President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria’s six-year civil war. (Media Office Of Moadamiyeh via AP File) TV OUT

Q&A: Who has chemical weapons in Syria?

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: US calls for transparency in UN Syria summit

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Ex-chief assistant to Chinese billionaire admits tax crime

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In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war. (Alaa Alyousef via AP)

Timeline of the Syria civil war and U.S. response

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Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, gave a forceful condemnation of the latest chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians. Meanwhile, the Trump administration was confronting another foreign policy crisis over North Korean missiles. (Associated Press)

The Latest: Netanyahu welcomes US attack on Syria base

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FILE - In this Friday Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, Two UN soldiers stand guard in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Part of President Donald Trump's proposed deep budget cuts in foreign aid could be significant reductions in U.N. peacekeeping missions in some of the world's most dangerous places. On Thursday, April 6, 2017 the U.N. Security Council meets on the issue at the United States' request. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay File)

A look at UN peacekeeping missions as US seeks cuts

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This photo provided Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

The Latest: UN humanitarian chief says $6 billion pledged

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Russia's deputy United Nations ambassador Vladimir Safronkov listens during a meeting of the Security Council on Syria at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Trump condemns Syria attack but won’t telegraph US response

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

A look at UN peacekeeping missions as US seeks cuts

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This frame grab from video provided on Tuesday April 4, 2017, by Qasioun News Agency, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a Syrian doctor treating a boy following a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Qasioun News Agency, via AP)

White House denounces Syrian gas attack, blames Obama’s weak policy

By Carlo Muñoz and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

US wants ‘proof’ of progress by Sudan’s government on Darfur

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Rex Tillerson to chair UN meeting on North Korea’s nukes

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN Security Council cuts 500 peacekeepers from Congo mission

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference held at the Verizon Center in Washington, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Nikki Haley’s full-bird flip to the United Nations

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is introduced at the Women's Empowerment Panel, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US wants China to take action to stop North Korea nuke tests

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press