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An honor guard lines the north driveway of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013, as the limousine carrying Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for his meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House

President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence. At a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House Rose Garden, Obama ...

  • Updated: 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison

Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights raised ...

  • Updated: 7:57 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
In this photo provided by the United Nations, Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday May 15, 2013. The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning President Bashar Assad's regime for its escalating use of heavy weapons.The resolution, which is not legally binding, was adopted by a vote of 107-12 with 59 abstentions. (AP Photo/United Nations, Evan Schneider)

UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution

The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" because of its support for the main opposition group and fears the resolution could torpedo a new U.S.-Russia effort to end the escalating conflict. The ...

  • Updated: 4:12 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire a rocket at Mannagh air base in Aleppo province, Syria, Monday, May 13, 2013. The Syrian government wants more details before deciding whether to take part in a proposed U.S.-Russian initiative to negotiate a peaceful end to Syria's crisis, the country's information minister said, staking out a similar position to the main opposition group.(AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syria rebels, regime troops fight in Aleppo prison

Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists said. The orchestrated assault began at dawn, but by nightfall, the rebels had not dislodged regime ...

  • Updated: 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Israel: Mortar shells from Syria hit Mt. Hermon

Israel's military says stray mortar shells from the fighting in Syria have struck a popular tourist site, Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights. The military says the shells struck early on Wednesday, apparently landing on an empty ski slope. Mortar shells have landed in the Golan before but this was ...

  • Updated: 12:32 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

UN assembly expected to approve Syria resolution

Diplomats say the U.N. General Assembly is expected to approve an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning President Bashar Assad's regime for escalating the use of heavy weapons. But the diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because consultations have been private, said the resolution ...

  • Updated: 12:07 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
In this Tuesday, April. 30, 2013 photo, a Lebanese man passes in front of a large poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, and two Alawite fighters killed in Syria with Arabic writing that reads, "at your service, oh Assad," and, "bullets will not terrify us and we are not scared of traitors," in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, raising fears of more violence should Assad be removed from power. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears

Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against ...

  • Updated: 1:03 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan adresses his supporters and lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Erdogan said authorities have detained four more people in connection with two car bomb attacks in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 13. Erdogan also said Tuesday the death toll in the attacks has increased to 51.(AP Photo)

13 detained in Turkish bombings, death toll to 51

Four more people have been detained in connection with two car bomb attacks that killed dozens in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 13, Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday. Syria again rejected Turkey's contention it was involved, condemning the attacks and ...

  • Updated: 11:44 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks, during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, not pictured, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is dismissing suggestions that the Syrian government might not join a U.S.-Russia initiative to negotiate a peaceful transition in Syria. Syria's information minister says Damascus needs more details about the proposed initiative before it decides whether to attend. But Kerry says he expects Syrian officials to join the international effort and that the U.S. is aware that Syrian negotiators have been selected for the proposed conference. Kerry made his comments during a trip to Sweden Tuesday. Washington and Moscow — which are on opposite sides of the Syrian conflict — called last week for an international conference to start talks that would be accompanied by a cease-fire in the two-year-old war. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kerry expects Syrians to attend transition talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria's government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad's regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations aimed at ending Syria's two-year war. Kerry said he has every expectation that both ...

  • Updated: 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint news conference with President Barack Obama, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about various subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to the IRS. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Syria wants details about US-Russian initiative

The Syrian government wants more details before deciding whether to take part in a proposed U.S.-Russian initiative to negotiate a peaceful end to Syria's crisis, the country's information minister said, staking out a similar position to the main opposition group. Washington and Moscow called last week for an international conference ...

  • Updated: 6:05 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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