Epstein Secrets

A Director Haspel, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Hale, and National Security Adviser O'Brien "were among the Americans who met with Lebanon's Major Gen. Abbas Ibrahim during his recent visit to Washington, people familiar with the situation told POLITICO." Hale, "as well as several other

a-013016a6lcc4c62be2578981ac16fbe9> (10/19, Hussain) reports that on Monday, the Indian army "said it apprehended a Chinese soldier...in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed mountain border." The AP adds, "The soldier, Cpl.

97fb12-fcdc-Ilea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html> (9/22, Loveluck, Sly, 14.2M) reports an explosion Tuesday at a "Hezbollah-linked facility in southern Lebanon sent black smoke billowing from a leveled building, footage from the area showed." Hezbollah members cordoned off "the area around the blast site i

and Chinese military commanders have agreed to stop the further buildup of troops along their fast-militarizing disputed border in the mountainous Ladakh region where the two Asian giants have for months been locked in a bitter standoff, the Indian military said late Tuesday." In a statement, India's

A Director Haspel, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Hale, and National Security Adviser O'Brien "were among the Americans who met with Lebanon's Major Gen. Abbas Ibrahim during his recent visit to Washington, people familiar with the situation told POLITICO." Hale, "as well as several other

ier Who Strayed Over Border. The AP (10/19, Hussain) reports that on Monday, the Indian army "said it apprehended a Chinese soldier...in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed mountain border." The AP adds, "The soldier, Cpl.

ite" In Southern Lebanon. The Washington Post (9/22, Loveluck, Sly, 14.2M) reports an explosion Tuesday at a "Hezbollah-linked facility in southern Lebanon sent black smoke billowing from a leveled building, footage from the area showed." Hezbollah members cordoned off "the area around the blast site i

and Chinese military commanders have agreed to stop the further buildup of troops along their fast-militarizing disputed border in the mountainous Ladakh region where the two Asian giants have for months been locked in a bitter standoff, the Indian military said late Tuesday." In a statement, India's

John Kerry lives. Let's suppose for the moment that al-Qaeda's new base in eastern Syria, Hezbollah's deployment of tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon and the crumbling of the U.S.-fostered Iraqi political system pose no particular threat to America. That still leaves U.S. allies in the region —

ed parts of the border will get clearer rules to avoid or limit confrontation, such as during the three-week stand-off after China's incursion into Ladakh in April. The risk of clashes is growing as India catches up with China by building roads and other infrastructure on its side of the border. Yet

its supporters for fighting Sunni groups makes it easier for the party to commit crimes like the recent assassination of General Wissam Al Hassan, Lebanon's intelligence chief. Hizbollah denies any role in Friday's car-bomb attack, but its record makes it exceedingly likely that the "Party of God" was

nsform the region into an economic hub with Southeast Asia have yet to take hold. Long gone are the days when caravans would regularly depart from Ladakh, in what's now Indian Kashmir, and wind their way around the mountains toward the Silk Road cities of Yarkhand and Khotan, now in Xinjiang. Tibetan

A Director Haspel, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Hale, and National Security Adviser O'Brien "were among the Americans who met with Lebanon's Major Gen. Abbas Ibrahim during his recent visit to Washington, people familiar with the situation told POLITICO." Hale, "as well as several other

ier Who Strayed Over Border. The AP (10/19, Hussain) reports that on Monday, the Indian army "said it apprehended a Chinese soldier...in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed mountain border." The AP adds, "The soldier, Cpl.

ite" In Southern Lebanon. The Washington Post (9/22, Loveluck, Sly, 14.2M) reports an explosion Tuesday at a "Hezbollah-linked facility in southern Lebanon sent black smoke billowing from a leveled building, footage from the area showed." Hezbollah members cordoned off "the area around the blast site i

and Chinese military commanders have agreed to stop the further buildup of troops along their fast-militarizing disputed border in the mountainous Ladakh region where the two Asian giants have for months been locked in a bitter standoff, the Indian military said late Tuesday." In a statement, India's