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.

May 18, 2012

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt's military has been deemed under the influence of
the Muslim Brotherhood.

May 10, 2012

LONDON [MENL] -- Libya, beset by a security vacuum, has been struggling to
restore crude oil production.

May 08, 2012

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt's security forces have been struck by a mutiny.