Epstein Secrets

squirm and hope to be delivered from any meaningful burdens. Still, they are meeting Friday in Tunis to discuss their options. But Syrian dictator Bashar al- Assad needn't worry. The Tunisian hosts themselves proclaimed that this convocation held on their soil precluded a decision in favor of foreign

he Syrian Regime. The former, a large group—the United States, the Europeans and the bulk of Arab governments—is casting about for a way to end the Assad regime's assault on its own people. In their ranks there is irresolution and endless talk about the complications and the uniqueness of the Syrian

The absolute priority within no-kill zones would be public safety and humanitarian aid; revenge attacks would not be tolerated. Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, is increasingly depending on government-sponsored gangs and on shelling cities with heavy artillery rather than overrunning them with troops, prec

e to power amid the turmoil, imposing an agenda that might clash with Western goals. That may be one reason the United States is hoping the Syrian National Council can overcome its divisions and shortcomings. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a press conference in London, moved the United States a

compound in Tripoli. European Union Considers Oil Embargo on Syria The European Union is considering imposing an oil embargo on Syria as President Bashar Al-Asad's violent repression continues a week after he announced it was ending. On Wednesday, Al-Asad's forces backed by tanks were staging hit-and-runs o

1.6 Million Bounty on Qaddafi's Head A bounty of $1.6 million has been placed on the head of Libyan strongman Mu'amar Al-Qaddafi by the rebel-run National Council. Those who remain close to Al-Qaddafi are being offered amnesty if they kill the besieged leader. The announcement of the bounty and amnesty offers

secretary-general Annan's plan for a political settlement was announced, the Turkish leadership made it clear that there could be no solution with Assad in power. With this policy of direct confrontation, Ankara not only strove to obtain the moral high ground. It also sought to precipitate the fall

ter Davutoglu positioned Ankara in the vanguard of the community of nations seeking regime change in Syria. Thus Ankara gave support to the Syrian National Council and harbored the Free Syrian Army. Even when former UN secretary-general Annan's plan for a political settlement was announced, the Turkish leaders