[caption id="attachment_55226751" align="aligncenter" width="616" caption="International pressure upon the Assad regime is mounting, but will EU…

[caption id="attachment_55250090" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian National Defense forces who just finished training, stand to attention at…

[caption id="attachment_55249876" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi man walks past an election poster fronted by Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al…

[caption id="attachment_55248619" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man reacts to the destruction in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 16…

[caption id="attachment_55248119" align="alignnone" width="620"] UN Secretary general Ban Ki-moon on the eve of the Geneva II conference. (Fabrice…

[caption id="attachment_55247676" align="alignnone" width="620"] A female fighter of the Kurdish militia People’s Protection Units (YPG) looks…

[caption id="attachment_55247365" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama walks into the Oval Office at the White House alongside…

[caption id="attachment_55245087" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, volunteers and military personnel stack…

[caption id="attachment_55242290" align="alignnone" width="620"] A demonstration outside the Egyptian High Court in Cairo on April 17, 2013…

[caption id="attachment_55240289" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqis walk past a banner with an image of provincial election candidate Salah al…