Feb 13, 2012

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has been threatened by the revolt in neighboring
Syria.

Feb 14, 2012

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The Syrian opposition has been examining the feasibility
of offering amnesty to Alawite members of the regime of President Bashar
Assad.

Feb 16, 2012

NICOSIA [MENL] -- President Bashar Assad, strapped by a shortage of
manpower, was said to have organized Alawite militias to quell the Sunni
revolt in Syria.

Feb 24, 2012

LONDON [MENL] -- The regime of President Bashar Assad, despite nearly a year
of fighting, has been using only a fraction of its military might against
the Sunni rebel movement.