Syria

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** FILE ** In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter drops a shell into a firing tube in the countryside near Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 24, 2013, in this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, mourners carry the body of Sheik Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old pro-government cleric during his funeral in the eighth century Omayyad Mosque, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Secretary of State John F. Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday to discuss the issue of Iranian flights over Iraqi airspace to Syria. The U.S. wants to ensure that President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria is not receiving military aid. The Iranian flights to Syria occur “close to daily,” according to a senior U.S. official.

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** FILE ** Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (not pictured) following an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama in Rome on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, and released Monday March 18, 2013, Syrian government forces fire rockets toward residential neighborhoods, in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Maadamiyeh south of Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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**FILE** A toy soldier is seen displayed on the ground by a street vendor at Hamidiyeh popular market, in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 29, 2011. (Associated Press)