Feb 06, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- For the first time, Congress has openly threatened U.S.
military aid to Egypt.

Feb 07, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has shut its embassy in Syria and
moved American staffers and their families out of the country.

Feb 15, 2012

AMMAN [MENL] -- The desertion rate in the Syrian Army has been highly
exaggerated, a report said.

Feb 28, 2012

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Qatar has become the second Arab League state to call
for the arming of the Syrian opposition.