May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Oman has agreed to purchase an advanced air defense system from the United States.

May 20, 2013

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has lifted sanctions from an Iraqi
bank found to have helped Iran's financial system.

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.