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  • ** FILE ** President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Syrian State TV via AP video, File)

    Assad to the world: I'm not stepping down

    Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.


  • **FILE** Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is seen here in 2007. (Associated Press)

    The Wrap: From conservatives vindicated by the IRS scandal to Benghazi unfolding, the week that was

    The Obama administration found itself facing a series of scandals and it was revealed that the federal government gave witness protection to terrorists. On the international stage, the Russians sent more than a dozen warships to aid the Assad regime in Syria. Here's a recap, or wrap, on the week that was from The Washington Times.


  • Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, on May 17, 2013. The bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. (Associated Press)

    Mosque, funeral bombings kill 47 in Iraq

    Twin explosions ripped through a crowd of Sunni worshippers outside Baghdad on Friday, an attack which, combined with a second deadly bombing at a Sunni funeral to the south of the capital, deepened fears Iraq may be headed toward a new round of sectarian conflict.


  • **FILE** John Brennan, then-nominee for CIA director, testifies Feb. 7, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Associated Press)

    CIA chief John Brennan in Israel on mystery stop

    The head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency made an unannounced visit to Israel on Friday to meet with Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon.


  • This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a rocket fired by Syrian rebels at Mannagh air base in the Aleppo province of Syria on May 13, 2013. (Associated Press/Ugarit News via AP video)

    U.S. could cripple Syria's air defenses with secret cyber weapons

    The U.S. military could blind Syria's air defenses -- as it would need to do to establish a 'no-fly' zone over rebel held areas -- without firing a shot, using new and highly secret cyberattack capabilities, according to USA Today.


  • ** FILE ** Vladimir Putin has shown little interest in resetting Russian relations with the U.S. once again during his third term as president. (Ria Novosti via Associated Press)

    Russia sends warships, missiles to Syria

    Russia has sent more than a dozen war ships to patrol the waters near Syria, U.S. military spokesmen said on Friday.


  • ** FILE ** President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Syrian State TV via AP video, File)

    Pro-Assad Syrian hackers attack Financial Times website

    The pro-Syria regime group, Syrian Electronic Army, hacked into the news site and Twitter feed of the Financial Times on Friday.


  • HOLMES: Unraveling the mystery of Obama's Syria policy: It's elementary

    Even after two years, President Obama's Syria policy remains hard to understand. On the one hand, he talks about isolating Bashar Assad's Syrian regime and drawing "red lines" on its use of chemical weapons. On the other, he accedes to Russian President Vladimir Putin's demand for another regional conference that surely will give Mr. Assad a longer lease on life.


  • President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) is not on the ballot in June's election. He is shown with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) and chief of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. (Associated Press)

    KAHLILI: Syrian crisis signals Iranian vulnerability

    Shortly after Israeli warplanes struck inside Syria to take out Iranian missiles intended for Hezbollah, Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said, "The attack carried out by the Zionist regime will shorten this fake regime's life."


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