Jan 09, 2002

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has launched a ground station for a U.S.reconnaissance satellite that will provide Ankara with intelligenceinformation on its neighbors.

Jan 08, 2002

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has quietly ended its military embargo on France.

Jan 04, 2002

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt has expressed dismay over what diplomats describe asan Israeli campaign to expand its defense relationship with the UnitedStates and limit military ties between Cairo and Washington.

Nov 26, 2001

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iraq seeks a military solution to British and U.S. patrolsof the no-fly zones in the south and north.