Jul 20, 2012

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel and Italy have signed some $3 billion worth of
defense deals.

Jul 27, 2012

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has accelerated efforts to purchase natural gas from
neighboring Kurdistan.

Aug 06, 2012

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran was said to have poured thousands of elite troops
into Syria.

Aug 08, 2012

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has been urged to renew strategic relations with
Turkey.