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.

Apr 18, 2012

CAIRO [MENL] -- Yemen has assessed that the Al Qaida network contains a
Saudi majority.

Feb 24, 2012

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has sought to compensate for a steady
decline in conscription by recruiting Orthodox Jews.

Apr 17, 2011

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has been bracing for the prospect that Orthodox
Jews would become the majority in what had long been a fiercely secular
state.