Epstein Secrets

logical and stubborn actors in the Middle East have been forced to adjust to the new political realities created by the Arab uprising. Hezbollah in Lebanon, for example, has been feeling increasingly vulnerable and isolated lately because of the escalating civil conflict in Syria and the threat that po

lone, at least 150 people have been killed, a worrying sign that the violence is accelerating. Yet, in a remarkable interview this month with ABC's Barbara Walters, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 1) denied the extent of violence in his beleaguered country; 2) disputed the evidence in a U.N. report charging h

Iran's closest ally, and its link to the Arab Middle East. Syria has provided the land bridge for the transport of Iranian weapons and militants to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Without Syria, Iran's pretensions to regional hegemony, and its ability to challenge Israel, would be crippled. It follows tha

he graduates of Spelman College and exhorted them to "let excellence be your brand." Yale University elected to have its commencement addressed by Barbara Walters. Al Sharpton appeared in the pages of The New York Times Book Review, which warmly noted that its reviewer has lost a lot of weight and eats fish t

rt a war, an Israeli leader needs broad public backing and an understanding with Washington (he learned the lesson from his disastrous invasion of Lebanon in 1982, which Ronald Reagan criticized and many Israelis opposed). Netanyahu has watched the polls move steadily against him for the past year. On

ay have decided not to see each leader now. Busy with the election campaign, politics are the priority, unless of course you count the meeting with Barbara Walters et al of "The View" as a bilateral. Not seeing Morsi was politics plus common sense. There was no point in creating a buddy-buddy image of Obama a

he doctor late Friday, saying it believed that the last time the state suspended Schreiber's license, he continued to oper- C Hostilities escalat Lebanon's Cabinet seems torn over Hezboi By HENRY CHU and BORZOU DARAGAHI Los Angeles Tinto BEIRUT- By air and on land, Is- raeli forces and Hezboliah. fi

er and Chris Rock at their movie premiere after-party at Plus, the new lounge in Chelsea . . . HARRY Shearer dedicating his song, "82 Facelifts," to Barbara Walters during a performance at the Cutting Room. Romanian babe scores rock NOW that his romance with Serena Williams has gone south, randy director Brett