Epstein Secrets

ll extremely unstable as militias continue to carry out attacks and arms are still being trafficked from Libya to neighboring countries. Trends: In Algeria, more than a month after legislative elections were held, President Abdulazziz Bouteflika has yet to name a new Prime Minister. It is unclear whethe

the court's action calling it a coup and took to the streets in protest. In Yemen, the army regained control over three towns previously held by al- Qaeda. President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi continues to wrestle for control of the military from former President Saleh's family and friends. On June 18, th

pings, beatings, amputations and stonings. Background The Tuareg are a nomadic people who live largely in the Sahara Desert, spanning Niger, Mali, Algeria and Libya. For centuries they plied caravan routes across the desert, but colonial borders turned them into citizens of several different nations. I

approved a resolution to send thousands of African troops into Mali to help oust Islamist extremists who have turned its northern half into a vast Qaeda enclave and training ground. But the resolution also made clear that such a military intervention will not happen until Mali's own dysfunctional ar

lowback from Syria will resemble that of the 1980s anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan. Jihadists from that conflict sparked a decade-long ci=il war in Algeria that killed 50,000—and, of course, carried out the 9/11 at=acks. The Obama administration's only remaining leverage =n Syria is its economic sancti

here is too much of an incentive for an individual to cut cor=ers." Not Just About Us Every day the headlines from the Arab world get worse: An A= Qaeda affiliate group, aided by foreign fighters, battles with seven differ=nt homegrown Syrian rebel groups for control of the region around Aleppo, Syri