Epstein Secrets

write the president's speech in a way that would have protected us from criticism," said Philip H. Gordon, the coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa on the National Security Council. "We were trying to be honest and realistic." Mr. Gordon took part in the Saturday sessions, along with two of Ms.

g the government of former President Mohammed Morsi, returning $2 billion worth of Qatari aid and forcibly closing the Cairo offices of Qatar-based Al Jazeera. Increasingly, therefore, the military views international relations through the same polarizing lens with which it views internal politics. In thi

— and dangerous. If, as Mr. Obama said recently at the United Nations, he believes that it is in America's best interest "to see a Middle East and North Africa that is peaceful and prosperous," he needs to make sure the Arabs are part of, and don't lose from, any future bargain with Iran. Marwan Bishara i

ous," he needs to make sure the Arabs are part of, and don't lose from, any future bargain with Iran. Marwan Bishara is senior political analyst at Al Jazeera and the author of "The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Perils of the Arab Revolution." Asharq Al-Awsat American and Iranian DNA Ataollah Mohajera

se is the forward headquarters of the United States Central Command, which oversees a vast area of responsibility extending from the Middle East to North Africa and Central Asia. CENTCOM forces are deployed in combat roles in Afghanistan as well as at smaller bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirat

nsus blocs" it will be able to retain even after a final agreement with the Palestinians. But records of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations leaked to Al Jazeera last year (the so- called Palestine Papers) showed the Palestinian Authority (PA) had EFTA00686836 refused to let Israel keep Ariel, even while ag

d Libyan Arab state and others who may prefer one that devolves more power to localities. For example, the Imazighen (the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa, commonly known as Berbers, who were conquered by the Arabs, starting in the seventh century CE) are now eager to realize their long-suppressed li

hood bid's most significant result. As Mouin Rabbani, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies and an Al-Shabaka policy advisor told Al Jazeera, "It is an essential first step towards irrevocably removing the question of Palestine from the Oslo framework and putting it back with the interna

ill do more to help Syrian democracy than loud statements from the White House. The most powerful pressure on Mr Assad so far, however, has been from Al Jazeera's Arabic coverage, which encouraged Syrians to take control of their own destiny. This is surely right, for any long-term change must come from within.

t partially succeeded in distancing al-Qaeda's message from core Islamic values. Concerned about this eroding base, bin Laden counseled affiliates in North Africa and Yemen to hold back on their efforts to develop a local Islamic extremist state in favor of attacking the United States and its interests. HOUSE_O