Epstein Secrets

of Hamas' miscalculations was expecting Egypt to be supportive of its actions, which, when combined with Israel's fear of alienating the regime in Cairo, would allow Hamas to escalate the conflict without it spinning out of control. The hope was not off base. In August, Egyptian President Mohamed E

ef diplomatic legacy in 2016. Yet if the Middle East is true to form, he will be continually wrenched back into the quagmires on the other side of the Strait of Hormuz. As we are reminded by the incendiary situation in the Gaza Strip and the looming showdown over Iran's nuclear threshold, the tug of war between M

ish-flagged Stena Impero tanker to divert course toward Iran. (Liz Sly and William Booth) -- British Airways and Lufthansa canceled all flights to Cairo over unspecified security concerns. The British government warned of a "heightened risk of terrorism against aviation." (BBC) -- Ukrainian Preside

sa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim) -- A British warship tried but failed to prevent Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps from seizing a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, intercepted Page 13951 EFTA00044462 radio communications show, fueling a wave of recriminations in London on Sunday over who was to b

tish-flagged Stena Impero tanker to divert course toward Iran. (Liz Sly and William Booth) -- British Airways and Lufthansa canceled all flights to Cairo over unspecified security concerns. The British government warned of a "heightened risk of terrorism against aviation." (BBC) -- Ukrainian Preside

uisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim) -- A British warship tried but failed to prevent Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps from seizing a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, intercepted radio communications show, fueling a wave of recriminations in London on Sunday over who was to blame for the incident last

acks in Tripoli and Damascus. Regional differences were ignored in the chain reaction that followed. Yemen's protests were galvanised by the drama in Cairo's Tahrir Square but they also involved tribalism, elite rivalry and a small but alarming al-Qaida presence against a background of resource depletion

ly, but they cannot be ruled out at some levels of conflict and in some scenarios, such as those that posit a need to open and secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf. In general, the more expansive a war’s goals as a plan escalates from strike to campaign to broad offensive, the greater the force