Epstein Secrets

an talks. "I'm not optimistic," he told NOW. "The Saudis and Iranians are still far apart. The Iranians must relinquish their expansionism toward the Mediterranean, or we have to give up Syria. And I don't think we can afford to give up Syria. And besides, even if we decide to give up Syria, the Syrian people ar

overall situation in Lebanon would likely improve in the near future. "I think in Lebanon there is already agreement [between Saudi and Iran]," said Jamal Khashoggi, veteran Saudi journalist and former advisor to then- ambassador Prince Turki al-Faisal. "The agreement in Lebanon is to contain the situation." In n

to contain the situation." In neighboring Syria, however, where Iranian-backed regime forces continue to suppress a Saudi-supported armed rebellion, Khashoggi expects very little to materialize from Saudi-Iranian talks. "I'm not optimistic," he told NOW. "The Saudis and Iranians are still far apart. The Ira

ions with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours. But Iran had previously warned Britain of `consequences' for seizing an Iranian supertanker in the Mediterranean last week, a move it denounced as `an act of piracy.' That vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions, Britain said.

mp said last October when asked if he regretted his praise for a Montana congressman who physically assaulted a reporter after the Saudis murdered Jamal Khashoggi. When this president has expressed regret, it has often come across as insincere — a view bolstered by his tendency to later walk back such commen

tions with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours. But Iran had previously warned Britain of `consequences' for seizing an Iranian supertanker in the Mediterranean last week, a move it denounced as 'an act of piracy.' That vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions, Britain said.

ump said last October when asked if he regretted his praise for a Montana congressman who physically assaulted a reporter after the Saudis murdered Jamal Khashoggi. When this president has expressed regret, it has often come across as insincere — a view bolstered by his tendency to later walk back such commen