May 19, 2013

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Russia has delivered to Syria an enhanced variant of a
coastal defense system meant to repel any sea-based offensive against the regime
President Bashar Assad.

May 16, 2013

LONDON [MENL] -- Syria was believed to have received components of Russia's
S-300PMU2 air defense system.

May 14, 2013

CAIRO [MENL] -- Yemen continues to be plagued by fighter-jet accidents.

May 13, 2013

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has been examining the expansion of its new task
force in the Mediterranean Sea.