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In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester holds a poster in Arabic that reads, "to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you," as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Activists say 23 dead in Syria violence

By Bassem Mroue - 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

In this citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester holds an Arabic poster that reads, "tomorrow we shall remember a year's passing since the birth of death," as she walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Rights group says Syrian forces target children

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

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EDITORIAL: The U.N.’s new, big, scary report

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Palestinian demonstrators surround the convoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as it enters the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians hurl shoes at visiting U.N. chief

By Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

** FILE ** Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Associated Press)

Palestinian Authority likely to welcome back Hamas

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

World Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

After 6 months of famine, Somali men return to farm

By Katharine Houreld and Abdi Guled - Associated Press

Syrian rebels take their position behind a wall as they fire their guns during a battle with Syrian government forces in the Rastan area of Homs province in central Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo)

Syrian troops move on new rebel areas near Damascus

By Lee Keath - Associated Press

Afghan security forces celebrate Tuesday during a ceremony transferring authority from NATO-led troops to them in an area west of Kabul. The turnover to Afghan troops and police is to be finished by 2014. (Associated Press)

Afghans’ faith in own troops growing, but slowly

By Kay Johnson - Associated Press

U.N. officials clear camp for Iranian dissidents in Iraq

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian flags during a demonstration on Jan. 29, 2012, in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut to express gratitude for the Russian position in support of Syria. (Associated Press)

Syria troops push back in fight on Damascus edges

By Lee Keath - 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

Protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian flags during a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, to express gratitude for Russia's support of Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrian army launches offensive near Damascus

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

World Briefs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

No progress, plenty of pessimism from Israelis, Palestinians

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia to keep blocking U.N. sanctions on Syria

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Activists: Syrian troops shell central city

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Ant-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad, at Bayada area in Homs province, central Syria, on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012. Government forces clashed with army defectors and stormed rebellious districts in central Syria on Wednesday, firing mortars and deploying snipers in violence that killed at least seven people, including a mother and her 5-year-old child, activists said. (AP Photo)

Activists: Syrian troops shell central city

By Combined dispatches

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Foreign minister: Syria has duty to confront armed groups

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press