Syrian army positions are pictured on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, near the border town of Serhaniyeh, Lebanon, whose residents say troops have laid mines nearby over the past several days. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Protesters shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime after prayers in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday, Oct, 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad shout slogans as they carry pictures of the president during a sit-in in front of the Syrian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday, March 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
A masked Sunni protester walks in front of burning garbage containers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Egyptian Coptic Christians pray during Christmas Mass at St. Marc and the Virgin Mary Coptic Church east of Beirut on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, in memory of the 21 Copts killed in a weekend massacre at a church in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
