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 17, 2013

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Iran has pressed its main proxy for full combat troop
deployment in Syria, a newspaper said.

May 17, 2013

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Qatar, alarmed by the Syrian military offensive against
Sunni rebels, fears an insurgency campaign sponsored by President Bashar
Assad.

May 16, 2013

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