Special to WorldTribune.com Jordan can no longer take in Syrian refugees without international assistance, King Abdullah said. The country is at its “boiling point,” Abdullah told the BBC. He said that Jordan has spent 25 percent of its budget on the hundreds of thousands of refugees. “Sooner or later, I think, the dam is going […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The 1.1 million refugees who have entered Germany since last year must leave when Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is defeated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “We need to say to people that this is a temporary residential status and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The aggressive opportunism of Eritrean President Isayas Afewerke is close to an implosion, but the prospect exists that the 69-year-old former revolutionary will lash out in a final attempt to reassert some regional relevance and to preserve his government. Certainly, he has done nothing to build an economic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, said President Barack Obama’s inaction in Syria has contributed to the ongoing slaughter of Syria’s people as well as the current refugee crisis in Europe. “This president has allowed these folks to be slaughtered,” Christie said during a campaign […]