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In this image made from video, NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel exits a car after crossing back into Turkey, after they were freed unharmed following a firefight at a checkpoint after five days of captivity inside Syria, in Cilvegozu, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Engel told the Turkish news agency Anadolu that he and his colleagues are "very happy to be out" and they are "very tired." (AP Photo/Anadolu via AP TV) TURKEY OUT, TV OUT

NBC’s Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria

Elizabeth Kennedy · December 19, 2012 5:00 am

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. With even his most powerful ally, Russia, losing faith in him, President Bashar Assad may appear to be heading for a last stand against rebel forces who have been waging a ferocious battle to overthrow him for nearly two years. But Assad still has thousands of elite and loyal troops behind him, and analysts say that even if he wanted to give up the fight, it's unclear those around him would let him abandon ship and leave them to an uncertain fate.(AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, File)

As Syrian rebels close in, Assad has cards to play

Elizabeth Kennedy · December 14, 2012 7:59 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a damaged area is seen after a car bomb explosion in Qatana, (25) kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. A bomb blast near a school in a Damascus suburb killed more than a dozen people, at least half of them women and children, the state news agency reported. Russia, Syria's most important international ally, said for the first time that President Bashar Assad is increasingly losing control and the opposition may win the civil war. (AP Photo/SANA)

Russia positions itself for fall of Syrian regime

Elizabeth Kennedy · December 13, 2012 5:00 am

In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 photo, an armored vehicle acquired from the Syrian army and flying the Syrian revolutionarily flag drives down a main street, in the northwestern city of Maraat al-Numan, Syria. After months of fierce fighting for control of the vital Aleppo-Damascus highway, rebels have succeeded in pushing the Syrian army out of the center of Maraat al-Numan located on the highway between Aleppo and Hama. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)

Syrian Islamists reject Western-backed opposition

Elizabeth Kennedy · November 19, 2012 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters shout at a captured suspected pro-Bashar Assad fighter in the town of Harem, Syria. Rebels say the man was killed shortly after this picture. Despite two weeks of attacking a Roman-era citadel in which pro-Assad militia are dug in, the rebels failed to secure the town. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)

Syria’s Assad vows he won’t be forced into exile

Elizabeth Kennedy · November 8, 2012 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels carry a wounded comrade in a blanket away from the frontline in the town of Harem, Syria. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)

Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria

Elizabeth Kennedy, David Stringer · November 7, 2012 5:00 am

Syria exposes Lebanon’s thin veneer of stability

Syria exposes Lebanon’s thin veneer of stability

Elizabeth Kennedy · October 22, 2012 4:00 am

Lebanon protesters try to storm government palace

Lebanon protesters try to storm government palace

Ben Hubbard, Elizabeth Kennedy · October 21, 2012 4:00 am

A man covers his mouth as he passes burning garbage containers laid by Sunni protesters, angry at the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, to block roads, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. Lebanese security officials say angry protesters have closed roads around the country to protest the bombing that killed a top security official and seven other people.(AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

Lebanese on edge after car bomb linked to Syria

Bassem Mroue, Elizabeth Kennedy · October 20, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 file photo, Turkish military station at the border gate with Syria, across from Syrian rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town, in Akcakale, Turkey. Syria and Turkey exchange fire across their troubled border for a sixth straight day, attacks that look increasingly like an intentional escalation by President Bashar Assad to send a message to his northern neighbor that it will pay dearly for supporting the rebels. (AP Photo, File)

Syrian cross-border salvos send message to Turkey

Elizabeth Kennedy · October 8, 2012 4:00 am

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, destroyed buildings at the scene where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)

Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling

Elizabeth Kennedy, Christopher Torchia · October 3, 2012 4:00 am

This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show a Syrian military tank in Daraa, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Official: Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria

Elizabeth Kennedy · October 2, 2012 4:00 am