Epstein Secrets

bal existential angst among Islamists. The event also provoked a strategic realignment in the Gulf, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait pledging $12 billion in loans to support Egypt's transition, a role primarily occupied by Qatar during the Morsi years. Tunisia: Secular opponents

y 4th, with participants claiming that 180,000 signatures have been gathered for a petition that calls for the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated National Assembly. In contrast, several hundred people protested the overthrow of Egypt's President Morsi in central Tunis on July 13th. Waving Tunisian and Egyptian

t and leftist groups from the opposition with the hope of nurturing new alliances to neutralize the influential position of the Muslim Brotherhood. Kuwait: Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah swore in a new 16-member cabinet on December 12th. Ten ministers from the last cabinet are re-assuming their ro

nment) in the cabinet. Press reports indicate that the opposition is unhappy with the result. The opposition also plans to protest the newly elected National Assembly (parliament) in court. A group of lawyers has called on the Constitutional Court to declare the election illegal and dissolve the parliament on the

e Security Council plus Germany concerning Iran's nuclear program will continue in Istanbul on July 24, although at the technical level. On June 20, Kuwait's constitutional court declared the February parliamentary elections—which gave the Islamists a majority—null and restored the previous government-

adual economic recovery appears likely, although the European financial crisis could dampen foreign investment. Libya: Libya held elections for its National Assembly on July 7 with nearly two-thirds of Libyans voting in the first free election in half a century. In contrast to the trends in its Arab neighbors, ea