Epstein Secrets

Egypt has designated Hamas a terrorist group and is keeping Gaza isolated. Syria, embroiled in a civil war with outside backing, has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of seeking to undermine the country. Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting different factions of the Syrian opposition. The Arab Gulf sta

in East Africa including Ethiopia. The agreement allows for the signatories to carry out water projects on the Nile without the approval of Egypt. South Sudan said it will join the agreement while Congo and Eretria remained on the sidelines. But the agreement was opposed by both Egypt and Sudan, which, fo

y national security advisor to the vice president. Jacob Stokes is a research associate at CNAS. Al Monitor Egypt caught between Russia and Saudi Arabia Mahmoud Salem March 10, 2014 -- To say that relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia lately have been uneasy would be an understatement. Russia h

ou work on the president's national security staff, you never feel like there are enough hours in the day. Whether you are managing Ukraine, Syria, South Sudan or the South China Sea, even a 15-hour day leaves you feeling like a slacker. But every few years, the White House staff piles one more task on its

n taking place in the United States has reached sufficient scale w=ere it is beginning to alter international dynamics. The U.S. has overtaken Sau=i Arabia and Russia to become the world's main oil-producing nation. =n August, U.S. monthly oil production was at its highest level since 1986. Meanwhile,=t

ods enveloped in flames and hundreds of thousands of people displ=ced have come to us from Syria, Iraq and Gaza, from the Central African Republi=, South Sudan, Ukraine, Nigeria and Yemen. Aid workers and journalists have b=en caught and killed in the crossfire together with the civilian population.</=pan>