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 17, 2013

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The U.S. Navy has sent its first aircraft carrier to
Israel in more than a decade.

May 16, 2013

LONDON [MENL] -- Syria was believed to have received components of Russia's
S-300PMU2 air defense system.

May 16, 2013

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Iran has been closely monitoring the U.S.-led naval
exercise in the Gulf.