Syria showed off new security measures on its long and porous border with Iraq during an organized tour for foreign diplomats and journalists on Saturday.
The number of Iraqis seeking asylum in Syria each month has dropped from 20,000 to a few hundred since Damascus imposed new visa restrictions last month, a senior border guard said Saturday.
An Iraqi family waits for a taxi upon arrival at Baghdad's international bus station, 08 November 2007. The number of Iraqis seeking asylum in Syria each month has dropped from 20,000 to a few hundred since Damascus imposed new visa restrictions last month, a senior border guard said Saturday.
TANAF, Syria (AP) - Syrian officials want the world to see they're taking new measures to seal the country's long and porous border with Iraq. Authorities took 29 diplomats, including the U.S. military attache, on a rare tour of the Syrian side of a key border crossing.
Associated Press - November 10, 2007 7:43 PM ET TANAF, Syria (AP) - Syrian officials want the world to see they're taking new measures to seal the country's long and porous border with...
A Canadian who said U.S. authorities deported him to Syria where he was tortured should have been able to contest the order in a U.S. court, his lawyer told an appeals court on Friday.
TANAF, Syria Syria showed off new security measures on its long and porous border with Iraq during an organized tour for foreign diplomats and journalists on Saturday.
The agreement with Syria, which is home to 1.2 million to 1.4 million Iraqi refugees, cleared a major obstacle to the Bush administration?s resettlement program.
WASHINGTON -- Syria has agreed to allow U.S. interviewers into the country to screen Iraqi refugees for admission to the United States, clearing a major obstacle to the Bush administration's resettlement program, the State Department said Thursday.
Syria agreed to allow US officials into the country to vet refugees from Iraq for possible admission, the US says.