Topic: Syria - CSMonitor.com

Whom does Obama read? Ezra Klein, Taylor Branch, Bill Simmons.

President Obama escapes his White House bubble by reading widely on the web, sometimes late at night, following links like the rest of us, says senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer.

UN approves Arms Trade Treaty. Will US Senate ratify it?

Change Agent New nonprofit joint venture will tell the positive stories of Afghanistan

Tit-for-tat kidnappings bring Syria's war into Lebanese backyards

Iraq's Christians face hardship, but peaceful Easter also highlights promise

Energy Voices How high oil prices lead to financial collapse

In the Holy Land's columns, frescoes, and desert palaces, Herod the Great lives on

Backchannels From every direction, arms for Syria

Two years on, aid efforts struggle to keep up with a shattered Syria

Terrorism & Security War draws closer to Lebanon with Syrian threat of attack

France dials up pressure on US to arm Syrian rebels

As Catholics worldwide welcome Pope Francis

Top 3 threats to the United States: the good and bad news

Syria's children: even their first words are now shaped by war

Backchannels Terrorism and freedom fighting along the Syria-Iraq border

U.N. peacekeepers freed: Syrians release 21 hostages

Syria: Violence prevents rescue of UN peacekeepers

Despite UN peacekeeper capture, Syrian aid groups say dangers are overblown

Opinion Advice for Secretary Kerry on International Women's Day

Terrorism & Security UN peacekeepers pull out of Syrian-Israeli DMZ as civil war edges closer

Chávez vs Lula: Two distinct approaches to poverty reduction in Latin America

US aid spending unlikely to change, despite $8 billion wasted in Iraq

#RainbowNation: The rise of South Africa's 'black Twitter'

Five energy challenges for Venezuela

Terrorism & Security Syrian rebels: UN peacekeepers captured in Golan are our 'guests' (+video)