Epstein Secrets

to get Egypt to finalize an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. EFTA00662922 The president will likely have difficult discussions in Riyadh. Understanding, however, that his hosts will be looking for actions and not just good words may yet make them productive. Dennis Ross is counselor

region dramatically in Tehran's favor, whether by killing Sunni Muslims in Syria, mobilizing Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq, providing arms to the Houthi rebels in Yemen or fomenting unrest among Saudi Shiites. Unlike the Israelis, who see the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat, the S

nt asking for "meaningful political change' to take place soon. The Saudi-backed GCC initiative on Yemen announced last week illustrates the wish of Riyadh to use its influence as Saleh's main financial benefactor to urge him to depart peacefully. Last week, the GCC proposed that President Saleh resign

president and his sons mistakenly believe that they militarily best their rival, Gen. Ali Muhsen Alahmar, whose forces were weakened in fighting the Houthi rebels in the north of the country. The impasse in the political dialogue between the government and the opposition explains the increase in the lev

n for more than six years," and the Houthis have "kept up cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia and [their] offensive in Yemen's gas-rich Marib after Riyadh in March proposed a nationwide ceasefire deal that includes reopening air and sea links to Houthi-held areas." Reuters reports that the State Depar

[their] offensive in Yemen's gas-rich Marib after Riyadh in March proposed a nationwide ceasefire deal that includes reopening air and sea links to Houthi-held areas." Reuters reports that the State Department "cited the 'devastating consequences' of the Houthi offensive on Marib, and said Lenderking

ican and Democratic administrations. "U.S. policy is being driven by its pro-Saudi proclivities and its own desire to contain Iran. But by enabling Riyadh, it's only making an already fraught situation worse." What do we do? Jan Egeland, a former senior U.N. official who now leads the Norwegian Refug

joint statement. Yemen, always an impoverished country, has been upended for two years by fighting between the Saudi-backed military coalition and Houthi rebels and their allies (with EFTA00664926 limited support from Iran). The Saudis regularly bomb civilians and, worse, they have closed the airsp

p, U.S. troops had been reduced to 2,500.[39°] Syria Trump, King Selman of Saudi Arabia, and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the 2017 Riyadh summit in Saudi Arabia U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting with Taliban delegation in Qatar in September 2020 Trump ordered missile str

rmining the struggle against ISIS, and spurring a humanitarian catastrophe".139814-ni Iran After an Iranian missiles test on January 29, 2017, and Houthi attacks on Saudi warships, the Trump administration sanctioned 12 companies and 13 individuals suspected of being involved in Iran's missile progra

rough the Houthi rebels) vie for increased influence in the embattled area. A conference of the Yemen Friends Group is said to be held next March in Riyadh in support of the NDC. Central and South Asia Afghanistan: Seemingly focused on facilitating the Afghan High Peace Council's efforts at talks with

gly seen as crucial for the future unity of the country. It's also of interest to regional power brokers, as both Saudi Arabia and Iran (through the Houthi rebels) vie for increased influence in the embattled area. A conference of the Yemen Friends Group is said to be held next March in Riyadh in suppor