Fear about the deteriorating situation on the Israel-Lebanon border is mounting, and the US policy has been to pressure Lebanon to enter into direct talks with Israel, something Lebanon has repeatedly offered to do. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reiterated Lebanon’s...
Over Ten Thousand Syrian Alawites Flee Into Northern Lebanon After Massacres
There were hopes in Lebanon that the restoration of calm after the ouster of President Bashar Assad in Syria would mean that the large numbers of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon would return home. Some of that started to happen, but now a new influx of new refugees...
UK Police Using Anti-Terror Law to Detain Volunteers Bringing Aid to Refugees
UK Police Using Anti-Terror Law to Detain Volunteers Bringing Aid to Refugees | Police say detention of aid workers is ‘normal procedure’
Kerry: US to Accept 85,000 Refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017
Kerry: US to Accept 85,000 Refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017 | Sen. Grassley complains some might be terrorists
UN to Europeans: Don’t Deport Iraqi Refugees
Americans aren't the only ones taking the White House's Iraq pronouncements at face value: European governments seem to be operating under received wisdom that the Iraq War is over, and they can now deport the Iraqis taking refuge in their countries. But the United...


