Zeina Karam

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In this Saturday, May 31, 2014, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold his portraits and wave Syrian flags during a demonstration in support of his candidacy for presidential election in Sweida town, southern Syria. The country holds its first multi-candidate presidential election in nearly half a century on Tuesday, June 3, but voting will occur only in government-held territory. Hundreds of thousands of people live in areas that are either contested, held by rebels or blockaded by pro-government forces. (AP Photo/SANA)

5 things to know about Syria’s presidential vote

Zeina Karam · June 3, 2014 6:43 am

5 things to know about Tuesday’s election in Syria

Zeina Karam · June 2, 2014 8:03 pm

Syrian expatriates chant anti-Assad slogans as they celebrate the Jordanian government's decision to expel the Syrian Ambassador, Bahjat Suleiman, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, May 26, 2014. Jordan has expelled the Syrian ambassador from the country, giving him 24 hours to leave Amman. The state-run Petra news agency said Monday, May 26, 2014 that the government declared Ambassador Bahjat Suleiman persona non-grata on Monday and asked him to leave. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Jordan expels Syrian envoy in diplomatic tussle

Zeina Karam · May 26, 2014 6:43 pm

This photo provided by an anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network (ENN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show anti-Syrian government protesters carrying a banner and a Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration in Kafr Nabil town, Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

Syrian TV: 39 killed in campaign tent shelling

Zeina Karam · May 23, 2014 8:12 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian army soldier walks in front of Aleppo prison in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Syrian troops backed by airstrikes broke a yearlong rebel siege of a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday, allowing President Bashar Assad's forces to close in on a nearby command center of a coalition of Islamist rebel groups, opposition activists said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian tanks roll into Aleppo prison grounds

Zeina Karam · May 22, 2014 7:31 pm

No president for Lebanon as deadline looms

Zeina Karam · May 22, 2014 11:40 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 5, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army troops hold up national flags in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria. Two years ago, it seemed almost inevitable that President Bashar Assad would be toppled. Almost no one thinks that now. As he prepares for elections through which he is set to claim another seven-year mandate for himself, the momentum in the civil war is clearly in Assad's favor. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Analysis: How Syria’s Assad seized momentum in war

Zeina Karam · May 10, 2014 5:51 pm

Syrian novelist hurts for his country’s bloodbath

Zeina Karam · May 4, 2014 10:37 am

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a bulldozer removing the wreckage of a destroyed school that was hit by a Syrian government air strike in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Many people were killed and wounded, including several children, activists reported. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Activists: At least 33 killed in Syrian airstrike

Zeina Karam · May 1, 2014 5:22 pm

In this April 10, 2014 photo, luxury high-rise buildings line the seafront, in Beirut Lebanon. One by one, the old traditional houses of Beirut are vanishing as luxury towers sprout up on every corner, altering the city's skyline almost beyond recognition. While Lebanon's real estate sector has developed to become one of the country's success stories, many say it is coming at the expense of Lebanon's identity and heritage. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Construction frenzy in Beirut alters city skyline

Zeina Karam · April 20, 2014 3:07 pm

This photo released by Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV Facebook page, shows a combo picture of three Al-Manar TV journalists, cameraman Mohammed Mantash, left, reporter Hamza al-Haj Hassan, center, and technician Halim Allaw, right, who were killed while covering the battle between the Syrian government forces and rebels, in the Syrian town of Maaloula, Syria, Monday, April 14, 2014. Three journalists working with Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV were killed Monday after the car they were traveling in came under a hail of bullets in the Syrian town of Maaloula, the station said. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Fighters from the group have traveled to Syria and have been instrumental in helping Syrian troops secure key areas near the Lebanese border. (AP Photo/Al-Manar TV)

Watchdog: Rise in targeted media killings in Syria

Zeina Karam · April 16, 2014 5:12 pm

FILE - In this August 2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The government of Syrian President Bashar Assad is no longer in danger of falling, Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, said in interview with Lebanon's daily As-Safir newspaper published Sunday, April 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Clashes in south Lebanon Palestinian camp kill 7

Zeina Karam · April 7, 2014 12:13 pm