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

ins a naval base in the coastal Syrian city of Tartus —Russia's only port in the Mediterranean and a crucial sea link given that access to and from the Black Sea is controlled by Turkey, a NATO-member country. Last May, the Russian navy established what was described as a permanent Mediterranean naval task f

nal Airport on Wednesday, July 22, after allegedly being in communication with two undercover FBI agents, one of whom she believed to be a member of al Qaeda. According to the criminal complaint filed in court, Jones agreed to send money to purchase scopes for rifles that would be used to kill American so

F> (7/27) reports that on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry "said it had sent a Su-27 fighter plane...to intercept a U.S. surveillance plane over the Black Sea that it said was approaching the Russian border." The Defense Ministry said the US P-8 Poseidon subsequently "changed course to move away from the

an Persistently Refute al-Zawahiri's Death By U.S. Drone Strike, One Year On VOA News (07/24, Gul) reported that nearly a year after the U.S. killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul, the Taliban continue to deny knowledge or involvement in his presence and death, which raises

rticles, Russia's strike on the Ukrainian port of Reni on the Danube River follows a series of similar attacks on ports and storage facilities along the Black Sea coast. In part, the attacks were planned to curtail Ukraine's grain exports after the Russian government took part in a pact that allowed Ukrainian

an Learn From the East African Embassy Bombings An opinion piece from the Washington Examiner (07/27, Corbett) reflected on the 25th anniversary of al Qaeda's 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, emphasizing how the U.S. responded with valor, justice, and international collaboration, including the

an forces have bombed port infrastructure in Odesa, Mykolayiv, and in ports along the Danube River, while threatening to strike commercial ships in the Black Sea headed for Ukrainian waters. With minimal success on the battlefield in 2023, Russian forces appear to be targeting Ukraine's agricultural exports—a