Epstein Secrets

minorities in Syria, and that all of them 'have arms, all will seek the defense of its group. Syria is nothing but a copy of Iraq." EFTA00690021 Yemen The military elite that ruled the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and later the Republic of Yemen, is divided. When President Ali Abdullah Saleh

the supreme arbiter in Syria. President Assad's reluctance to propose reform measures, contrary to what had earlier been promised by Vice President Farouk Alshara'a, indicates that the leadership is split between pragmatists and hardliners (the security apparatus). For the time being, President Assad s

shared their anger about police abuses, but the rage doesn't seem to have focused on the leader, as has been the case in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Syria is a paradox in this Arab season of revolt. It has an authoritarian regime dominated by a corrupt Baath Party - a relic of the age of dicta

was from and of the armed forces, the largest and most cohesive institution in Egypt, and part of the proud military tradition that overthrew King Farouk, ended British colonial influence, and brought independence under Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar el-Sadat, and Mubarak. Senior military officers initial

r pathetic cluelessness about the forces we do so much to promote. The Arab Spring is turning into a long, hot summer. Civil wars in Libya, Syria and Yemen and the sullen silence of the Shi'a in Bahrain have baptized Arab democracy in blood. More will flow — and American foreign policy is befuddled and b

_031886 --- PAGE BREAK --- 12 Mubarak family's attempt to turn Egypt into a family possession. The Army has ruled Egypt since the overthrow of King Farouk, playing liberals and religious conservatives off against each other. It looks set to go on doing that for some time to come. In Yemen, Bahrain and S