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Under Trump travel ban, Syrian Christians still see no light

Mixed messages from Washington have left Syrian Christians confused about the effect of U.S. restrictions on refugees and travelers from several Muslim-majority countries, with some seeing hope fading away. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that put a four-month...

Fate of Syrian children Israel plans to adopt

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- Associated Press published a report on July 13, 2016 about initiatives in Israel to open the cases for thousands of disappeared children whose Jewish families migrated from Arabic states in the 1950s to the occupation state. There were claims at...

3 important facts about how the U.S. resettles Syrian refugees

The United States has accepted for resettlement just under 2,200 refugees from Syria since the conflict began in 2011. The vast majority arrived within the last year. They are now arriving at the rate of 45 a week. Though it’s picking up pace, the rate is still far short of what will be needed...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II to Visit Washington on Monday

(Wall Street Journal)-  Jordan’s King Abdullah II is scheduled to arrive in Washington on Monday and could mark the first Arab leader to meet with President Donald Trump, just days after he signed an executive order that suspended the U.S. refugee program and blocked people from Iraq,...