Epstein Secrets

that King Abdullah is seeking to bolster ties with regional allies, perhaps for both political and economic reasons: the King made visits to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait from January 29th to February Syria: Israeli warplanes are generally believed to have struck a convoy en route to Lebanon on January 30 t

war and the general volatility permeating the region. Despite the lack of progress of an international peace initiative spearheaded by Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, a new plan by Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib - comprising a dialogue with President al-Assad based on the principle of the regime's departu

thal aid to rebel groups, the officials said. The gathering of the top intelligence officials from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Britain, France and the United Arab Emirates, and several others from the 11-nation group known as the Friends of Syria, reflected a belief that the diplomatic track has been exhausted unless

st be giggling. Options that "may not exist" has the sound of Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in the "Wizard of Oz": "Put 'em up. Put ' em up." For Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations mediator for Syria, this may come too late. He has failed to end the civil war if only because Assad won't. (Assad even seized

a, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States. 2) The High-level Advisory Group will include former high-level govemment officials and leading experts in dif

osition will ensure multidisciplinary and cross-culture exchange. Potential members of the Advisory Group could include: Kofi Annan, Louise Arbour, Lakhdar Brahimi, Paul Collier, Robert Cooper, Joschka Fischer, Ashraf Ghani, Kishore Mahbubani, Miguel Moratinos, Sadako Ogata, Ghassam Salame, Ngaire Woods, etc..