May 20, 2013

AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan has reported a fatal air crash during a military
exercise.

May 19, 2013

AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan has been urged by the military to acquire the Patriot
air and missile defense system from the United States.

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 14, 2013

LONDON [MENL] -- The European Union has been mulling a withdrawal from the
United Nations peace-keeping force in Lebanon.