by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East
Amman – Amman rejected on Monday claims by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the country has been “summarily deporting Syrian refugees — including collective expulsions of large families”. Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said his country was abiding by...
by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Sep 26, 2017 | Business
Amman, Brussels– Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Imad Fakhouri, revealed on Monday an agreement with donor countries to hold the Brussels II Conference in the spring of 2018, in order to guarantee continued efforts to mobilize funding in...
by Jordan Dakamseh | Sep 22, 2017 | Middle East
New York – Lebanese President Michel Aoun stressed the urgent need to organize the return of refugees and displaced persons to their homeland after the situation in most of their first places of residence has stabilized. In his official address before the UN...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2017 | Business
London- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that the Lebanese economy has shown resilience despite the burden of Syrian refugees escaping the war in their country. Yet, IMF warned Lebanon that it should control the sovereign debts. Chris Jarvis, an IMF...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East
Nicosia – Two boats crowded with 305 Syrian refugees arrived in Cyprus overnight, police said on Sunday, one of the largest group landings of migrants to the island since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011. The vessels were tracked sailing to the north-west...