May 22, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Gulf Cooperation Council states have opened a weapons
line to Sunni rebels in Syria.

May 24, 2012

ANKARA [MENL] -- President Bashar Assad was said to have ordered the
abduction or assassination of the Sunni rebel leadership in Lebanon and
Turkey.

May 28, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- For the first time since the Sunni revolt in March
2011, the United States has begun operations against the regime of Syrian
President Bashar Assad.

May 30, 2012

JERUSALEM MENL] -- The umbrella rebel force in Syria has been recruiting Al
Qaida-aligned fighters from Asia and Africa, a report said.