Epstein Secrets

AP (5/20, Parra) reports tensions between Spain and Morocco over the former's decision to allow "Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, an Algeria-backed pro-independence movement," to receive medical treatment at a Spanish hospital "finally came to fruition this week." The move allowed "thous

0, Yaakoubi) reports that US Special Envoy on Yemen Tim Lenderking announced on Thursday that the Biden Administration is "imposing sanctions on two Houthi military officials leading the Iran-aligned movement's offensive to seize Yemen's gas-rich Marib region." Lenderking is quoted as saying, "The Hout

ly through close quarters combat (small units engaged at very short range), the more likely defections from the government will increase. Trends in Algeria, Iraq and Yemen: Upcoming elections in Algeria bear watching, as Islamic movements in Algeria have learned much from the Moroccan experience. Iraq c

es the country's long-standing economic, political, and social challenges. Recent press reports of the interception of Iranian weapons' shipments to Houthi rebels in the north of Yemen are problematic for Yemen and point to Iran's interest in destabilizing Saudi Arabia, Yemen's neighbor to the north. M

sitting heads of state and government and grant them immunity. Thus, the stand-off between the AU and the ICC continues. Mali: Competition between Algeria and Morocco for influence in Mali is adding a new layer of complexity to an already overcrowded field of regional players, further sidelining the UN

gly seen as crucial for the future unity of the country. It's also of interest to regional power brokers, as both Saudi Arabia and Iran (through the Houthi rebels) vie for increased influence in the embattled area. A conference of the Yemen Friends Group is said to be held next March in Riyadh in suppor

gypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen: their names, instead of being symbols of stability, instantly cast as sources of injustice. Other countries - Syria, Algeria, Sudan, and Bahrain tumble for periods into the black hole of civil violence. Some people mistake all this for a democratic revolution. Over time, ho

judgment of irrelevance. But ISIS was like the the Iranian bloggers and American social justice campaigners and Swedish digital pirates and vengeful Houthi fighters who were all staring back, confidently, at the people who had the money, the friends and the power - and the drones. Obama and Mubarak and -