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Iraqi federal policemen search a car at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. The Iraqi government has tightened its security measures after Iraqi police took down tents and cleared a Sunni sit-in in a flashpoint western city after protesters there agreed to end their months-long demonstration following talks with the Shiite-led government, an official said Monday. Clashes nearby that reportedly left almost a dozen dead, however, were a reminder of how the protest movement has often fueled armed campaigns by insurgent groups against the authorities. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

U.N.: Iraq sees highest annual death toll in years

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROSENBLATT: Why should we care about one more African civil war?

By Lionel Rosenblatt

Atem Apieth, 6, who received a gunshot wound to his shoulder during the recent fighting in Bor and managed to travel for treatment to the capital by boat, sits on his hospital bed at the Juba Military Hospital in Juba, South Sudan Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. A spokesman for South Sudan's military says fighting continues in the oil-producing Unity state despite ongoing efforts by regional leaders to get both sides to agree to an immediate cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Sudan: ‘White Army’ militia marches to fight

Associated Press

Free Syrian Army fighters stand next to United Nations Disengagement Observer vehicles in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, near the Golan Heights, on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in an image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. Clashes between Syrian troops and rebel fighters flared on Thursday near an area where armed fighters linked to the opposition abducted 21 U.N. peacekeepers a day earlier. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

U.S. hopes to bring in thousands of Middle Eastern refugees in 2014

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the media following a U.N. Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. The Security Council voted to temporarily increase the U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,500 troops from 7,000, a nearly 80 percent increase. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

U.N. approves $5.53 billion budget for 2014-2015

Associated Press

In this photo released by the Kenyan Presidential Press Service, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, left, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, center, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, right, pose for a photos before their meeting at State House in Juba, South Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. The leaders of Kenya and Ethiopia arrived in South Sudan on Thursday to try and mediate between the country's president and the political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup that the government insists sparked violence threatening to destroy the world's newest country. (AP Photo/Kenyan Presidential Press Service)

African leaders in South Sudan for peace talks

By Jason Straziuso and Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in the country Toby Lanzer, left, makes a visit to assess the humanitarian situation at the U.N. compound where many displaced have sought shelter in Bentiu, in oil-rich Unity state, in South Sudan. (AP Photo/UNMISS, Anna Adhikari)

U.N. in South Sudan denies report of mass grave

Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Iraqi government intelligence officials on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 shows Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani. Iraqi intelligence officials that the shadowy leader of the powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria has sought to kidnap United Nations workers. The officials say they obtained the information about al-Golani, after capturing members of another al-Qaida group and that men gave them the first known photograph of al-Golani and letters written by the militant leader. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)

Al Qaeda leader targeting U.N. workers in Syria

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 and released by the World Food Programme (WFP), a woman and child sit in the shade next to a box of food assistance they have received in the UN compound where they have sought shelter in Juba, South Sudan. South Sudan's military spokesman says there is increasing tension at a United Nations camp in the rebel-held city of Bor because armed elements have entered the congested area where the U.N. says about 17,000 civilians are seeking protection. (AP Photo/WFP, George Fominyen)

U.N. discovers mass grave of 34 in South Sudan

Associated Press

The United States United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power listens as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. The U.N. Security Council voted to temporarily increase the U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,500 troops from 7,000, a nearly 80 percent increase. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

U.N. to nearly double peace-keepers in South Sudan as violence explodes

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, UNMISS relocates non-critical staff from Juba, South Sudan, to Entebbe, Uganda. Civilian helicopters evacuated U.S. citizens from the violent South Sudan city of Bor, capital of Jonglei state, seeing bouts of heavy machine gun fire, but 3,000 citizens from countries like Canada, Britain and Kenya remain trapped there, a top U.N. official said Monday. (AP Photo/UNMISS, Irene Scott)

Brits, Canadians still in South Sudan city that U.S. evacuated

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Israel demands Lebanon account for border killing of soldier

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

SINGER: Israel’s fateful decision

By S. Fred Singer

FILE - In this Sunday, July, 28, 2013 file photo, a United Nations peacekeeper stands guard at the entrance to a polling station covered in separatist flags and graffiti supporting the creation of the independent state of Azawad, in Kidal, Mali. A bomb explosion killed several members of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali in the troubled northern city of Kidal, a spokesman for the mission said Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Mali blast hits U.N. peacekeepers: ‘Several dead and wounded among the blue helmets’

Associated Press

Prof. Ake Sellstr&#246;m, left, head of the U.N. mission to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons in the Syria, listens U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon makes a statement after receiving a report from the mission on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.N. inspectors confirm Syria chemical attack, lack evidence to assign blame

Associated Press

Amb. Gurbanov: Azerbaijan’s resolve as international partner through peace and security

By Amb. Fakhraddin Gurbanov

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council observes a moment of silence in memory of the passing of Nelson Mandela, at U.N. Headquarters, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Nelson Mandela died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95. (AP Photo/The United Nations, Eskinder Debebe)

Azerbaijan’s successful journey as a non-permanent member of the U.N. security council

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, a citizen journalism image provided by the United Media Office of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the United Nations investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be a chemical rocket, according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The Obama administration is offering to destroy some of Syria's deadliest chemical weapons in international waters aboard a nearly 700-foot (213-meter), U.S. government-owned ship, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen, File)

Scientists raise alarm over plan to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons at sea

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FITTON: A closer look at the Benghazi lie

By Tom Fitton