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

ISTANBUL [MENL] -- Turkey has signed an agreement with a leading European
aerospace firm.

May 14, 2013

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has revised a maritime patrol aircraft project
headed by a European defense major.

May 14, 2013

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. Navy has been ordered to deploy five ships to
the Gulf.