Jun 19, 2013

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President Barack Obama, less than a week after
approving U.S. military aid to Sunni rebels, has backed away from proposals
meant to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Jun 11, 2013

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu faces
increasing opposition to any cooperation with the United States for the
establishment of a Palestinian state over the next year.

Jun 07, 2013

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- For the first time, Americans have been warned that they
could be a target in the more than two-year-old Shi'ite revolt in Bahrain.

Jun 05, 2013

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States, in what appears to be a revised
assessment, now sees Al Qaida as a long-term threat.