Epstein Secrets

as held his fire in the face of great slaughte=, and truth be known, congressional and popular opinion have given him a p=ss. America has wearied of Middle Eastern wars. Syrian rebels sure that the Ame=ican cavalry would turn up after this or that massacre have been bitterly =isappointed. It's the tragic luck

ave the opp=site effect, enabling Egypt to pursue its goals of consolidating the military's authority at home and e=hancing its influence throughout the Middle East. Egyptian and Israeli leade=s must recognize that the ongoing struggle to secure the Sinai Peninsula =96 which the treaty established as a demilita

militant Islamists. Nasrallah, very much in the tradition of Mali=i in Baghdad, offended the Sunnis in his own country. Sunni preachers in B=irut, Sidon and Tripoli have called on their own <http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04- 27/world/38856=12_1_syrian-rebels-syrian-civil-war-syrian-border-re

ot preoccupied with fighting for their interests in the maelstrom of regional disputes. Gerald Butt, a former BBC Middle East correspondent, covers the Middle East for the Church Times. Asharq Al Awsat Diverting the Blue Nile's course could take Africa to war Huda Al Husseini 24 Mar, 2014 -- Water wars, ma

erceived loyalty to Hezbollah and bias against local Sunnis who claim they are defending themselves from Shia aggression in cities such as Tripoli, Sidon and Arsal. These jihadists, well-versed in the enticing poetics of martyrdom, have been able to exploit the impoverished conditions and bleak natur

Her e-mail address is elisa_cnumeriapbpostcom David Ignatius Turning disaster to opportunity Groping for a way to understand the ruinous mess in the Middle East, I find myself looking back- ward to an earlier ruinous mess, the Yom Kippur War of October 1973. That long-ago war, like the cur- rent one in Leba

factory in the nusuritains east of Beirut Lebanese radio reported. Israeli gunboats also shelled the coastal road north of the southern city of Sidon and in around Nabatiyeh. Israeli armor and troops continued marching across the border into Lebanon even as the Cabinet met in Jerusa- lem to vo