ALTERNATE CROP -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, May 19, 2013. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose air force struck suspected weapons shipments to Hezbollah from Damascus twice this month, warned at a weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday that Israel is prepared for any eventuality in Syria.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an interview with journalists from Argentina in Damascus in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on May 18, 2013. SANA/Handout via Reuters.
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, claims to show Syrians inspecting a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb which exploded, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May 18, 2013. A car bomb killed at least three people and wounded five, according to Syrian state TV. It said bomb experts dismantled other explosives in the area.
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon stands along awaiting to meet Russian President at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Blach Sea resourt of Sochi, on May 17, 2013. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held 'as soon as possible' even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime.
FILE - In this January 15, 2013 file photo, freed Syrian detainees gather in front of posters showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and his father Hafez Assad, left, after they were released from Adra Prison on the north-east outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Syrian intelligence agents grab civilians seen as a threat to President Bashar Assad's regime, including human rights activists and lawyers, and deliver them to torture dungeons where they simply vanish. Human rights groups say thousands of Syrians have disappeared over the past two years, rivaling the numbers of victims in some of South America's "dirty wars.''.
FILE - In this September 1, 2012 file photo, Syrian detainees who took part in anti-government protests sit in a courtroom before their release, in Damascus, Syria. Syrian intelligence agents grab civilians seen as a threat to President Bashar Assad's regime, including human rights activists and lawyers, and deliver them to torture dungeons where they simply vanish. Human rights groups say thousands of Syrians have disappeared over the past two years, rivaling the numbers of victims in some of South America's "dirty wars.''.
