[caption id="attachment_55237465" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Syrians gather at the scene of an explosion outside Aleppo University on 15 January 2013. Eighty-seven people were killed and dozens…

[caption id="attachment_55237406" align="alignnone" width="620"]Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a meeting. Source: JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images[…

[caption id="attachment_55237358" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Turkish Parliament in Ankara in May 2012, when it began work on a new constitution. Source: ADEM ALTAN/AFP/GettyImages[/caption] …

[caption id="attachment_55237319" align="alignnone" width="620"] Louay Sakka (R) is an executive member of the US-based Syrian Support Group. He often works out of an office space in his basement in…

[caption id="attachment_55237224" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with John Brennan (R), and Chuck Hagel (L) on 7 January 2013 in Washington,…

[caption id="attachment_55237129" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Kurdish man wearing a t-shirt bearing the portrait of Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) jailed leader Abdullah Öçalan guards a…

[caption id="attachment_55237084" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former Speaker of the Iranian Parliament and reformist presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi (L) and Iranian hardline President and…

[caption id="attachment_55237017" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard perform the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on 16 July…

[caption id="attachment_55236990" align="alignnone" width="620"] Gulf Cooperation Council leaders attend the opening of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states on the eve of the annual GCC summit at…

[caption id="attachment_55236879" align="aligncenter" width="620"] KAMPALA, UGANDA: President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (2nd-L) poses with some of the Organization of African Unity (OUA, from left)…