Zeina Karam

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FILE - This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Once a vibrant, mixed city considered a bastion of support for President Bashar Assad, the eastern city of Raqqa is now a shell of its former life, transformed by al-Qaida militants into the nucleus of the terror group's version of an Islamic caliphate they hope one day to establish in Syria and Iraq. In rare interviews with The Associated Press, residents and activists in Raqqa describe a city where fear prevails, music has been banned, Christians have to pay religious tax in return for protection and face-veiled women and pistol-wielding men in jihadi uniforms patrol the streets. (AP Photo/militant website, File)

Militant grip transforms, terrorizes Syrian city

Zeina Karam · March 7, 2014 11:45 am

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows dead bodies of Syrian rebels south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Syrian army troops killed scores of rebels Wednesday state media reported, a major attack targeting mostly al-Qaida-linked fighters as part of a government effort to secure the capital.(AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian group demands investigation into killings

Zeina Karam · February 27, 2014 8:20 pm

US senators condemn blasts in Beirut

Zeina Karam · February 19, 2014 5:50 pm

HOLD FOR STORY SYRIA PEACE TALKS OPPOSITION NEGOTIATOR BY ZEINA KARAM - FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, Syrian opposition member Suheir Atassi attends a meeting of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, formed after the Syrian National Council (SNC) in Doha, Qatar. As a human rights lawyer and longtime pro-democracy activist in Syria, Atassi once said she would never negotiate with President Bashar Assad's government. But Atassi is now one of two Syrian women on the opposition team in Geneva trying to negotiate an end to the civil war that has killed more than 130,000 people and displaced millions. For her, even discussing concessions with the government run by a man she regards as a war criminal is not easy. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Longtime Syria activist now negotiates peace

Zeina Karam · February 14, 2014 11:21 am

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, hold up his portraits as they march during a demonstration is solidarity with government forces, in al-Inshaat neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2014. Meanwhile the Syrian government on Tuesday allowed over a hundred men of fighting age to leave rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Homs after they were questioned and cleared of rebel links, state media said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Analysis: In peace talks, Assad plays for time

Zeina Karam · February 11, 2014 6:25 pm

National Security

2nd-round Syria peace talks bog down in bitterness

Zeina Karam · February 10, 2014 1:12 pm

Syrian rebels free hundreds in attack on prison

Zeina Karam · February 7, 2014 1:40 am

Syria peace talks adjourn with no sign of progress

Zeina Karam · January 31, 2014 8:42 pm

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 picture, Syrian journalists argue with each other at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The bitterness and rancor stirred by Syria's civil war were on full display this week, both inside and outside the sealed room where rival delegations were seeking a way to end the conflict. In the hallways of the U.N.'s European headquarters and on the manicured lawns outside, tempers flared between supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Bitterness of Syrian war on display at talks

Zeina Karam · January 29, 2014 8:02 pm

Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, gestures as he answers journalists' questions while sitting in his car to leave the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Syrian negotiators have resumed talks over the country's future a day after cutting short their discussions over a U.S. decision to resume aid to the opposition. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Assad adviser rejects call for transitional govt

Zeina Karam · January 29, 2014 7:43 pm

Monzer Akbik, center, a Syrian opposition spokesman, briefs journalists at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Akbik said the coalition was still determined to stay for the political talks set to begin Monday despite accusing the government of stalling. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

National Security

Assad future blocks progress in Syria peace talks

Zeina Karam · January 28, 2014 10:29 am

Brutality of Syria war casts doubt on peace talks

Zeina Karam · January 22, 2014 6:59 am