May 15, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has selected a leading Western contractor
to help upgrade the kingdom's F-15 fighter-jet fleet.

May 16, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran's leading opposition group has sought removal from
the State Department list of terrorist organizations.

May 23, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Three Middle East states were preparing to order air
defense systems from the United States.

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.