May 03, 2013

MOSCOW [MENL] -- For the first time, the Russian Navy has sent a vessel to
Israel.

May 01, 2013

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The regime of President Bashar Assad has been engaged in
an intense battle with rebels for control of a military base in northern
Syria.

Apr 29, 2013

CAIRO [MENL] -- Iran has tried to control the waterway near Yemen.

Apr 28, 2013

BAGHDAD [MENL] -- The Sunni revolt in Syria was said to have spilled into
neighboring Iraq.