'Humanitarian' Concerns Spark Change So Iraqis Won't Get Stranded at Border
AMMAN, 13 December 2007 (IRIN) - In a bid to control the flow of migrants from Iraq, Jordan is now demanding that Iraqis wishing to enter the kingdom first secure entry visas, the official Jordanian news agency Petra said on 11 December.
Jordan is home to over half a million Iraqi refugees or asylum-seekers and they are placing a considerable burden on...
What's Meant by Key Sentence in Pentagon Announcement of Proposed Sale?
The headline came from the traveling White House yesterday, and today we get the details.
The Pentagon announcement includes this intriguing sentence:
The proposed sale will greatly improve the accuracy of unguided, general-purpose bombs in any weather condition enabling the Royal Saudi Air Force's (RSAF) F-15S aircraft to participate to a greater...
RI: Palestinian Refugees Remain Iraq's Most Vulnerable Displaced Population
A major refugee advocacy organization has called for increased international efforts to coordinate and fund relief work for Iraqi refugees in Syria.
According to Refugees International, displaced Iraqis in Syria face special vulnerability due to the difficulty of providing aid to the population living in a "non-camp" urban environment, as well as the...
