Epstein Secrets

nt will result in some kind of blowback on Russia's southern fringe. Already Moscow knows there are a considerable number of Chechens fighting with al-Qaida-linked jihadist groups against the Assad regime, and the Russians are naturally concerned about these individuals returning to Russia if Assad is o

nroads. The broader Sahel and Maghreb regions, meanwhile, are becoming more and more fragile and southern Libya verges on becoming a safe haven for al Qaeda-linked groups recently chased from Mali by French military forces. The right international approach to Libya could nevertheless still help avert a

[internal] differences on certain issues, but still there is one issue that brings each bloc together." According to this source, the Qatari emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is at a moment of decision. He has to think of Qatar's national security before thinking of Syria's. The source contended, "Doha is working on get

the recent $3 billion dollar loan given to its armed forces by the Saudi Arabian government. Iraq: A significant number of jihadists with links to al-Qaida and fighters in Syria—in particular, members of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)—have moved into Fallujah and Ramadi in Anb

embassy closed in Iran after an attack on its facilities by Iranians protesting nuclear-related sanctions in November 2011. Morocco and Qatar: Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani paid a visit to Morocco and held meetings with King Mohammed VI and the elected government just before the new year. This visit brought together two

president who referred to the Iran nuclear agreement as the "worst deal ever," surrounded himself with people who either make no distinction between al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood or are simply outright Islamophobes, and has forthrightly declared that the United States supports its friends in the figh

otherhood, funding extremism, and cozying up to Iran. Apparently, the Emiratis agreed to the arrangement. Clearly, putting the screws to Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is a high priority for the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, who undoubtedly would not apologize for using every method and resource at th