Source: Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS, April 29 (Reuters) - The European Union pledged on Sunday to help Syria deal with Iraqi refugees flooding into the country since the U.S.-led invasion to ...
DAMASCUS - The European Union pledged on Sunday to help Syria deal with Iraqi refugees flooding into the country since the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.
AP INTERVIEW: U.S. Commander Says Syria May Be Helping Stem Flow of Fighters Into Iraq
On Friday, he stressed that it was too early to say for certain that Syria was now heeding long-standing U.S. calls to impede the movement of foreign fighters, who U.S. officials say are involved in some of the more spectacular attacks in Iraq.
There are early indications that Syria is trying to make it more difficult for foreign fighters to cross its border into Iraq to aid insurgents, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Friday.
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There are early indications that Syria is trying to make it more difficult for foreign fighters to cross its border into Iraq.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Muallem on Sunday called on the United States and the Iraqi government to shoulder the responsibility of the Iraqi refugees issue, the official SANA news agency reported.
Syria and Russia have signed a $218m agreement to establish three natural gas plants at Homs, reported the AP citing the official SANA. The plants should be complete in 20 months and will have a daily capacity of 3m cubic metres.
The European Union's development and humanitarian aid commissioner said on Sunday that he has proposed joint talks with Damascus and Baghdad to discuss the plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria.