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Nolan and Ellison have been pushing for even more – between 100,000 and 200,000 refugees to be relocated in the United States by the end of 2016.

The U.K.’s Liberal Democrats are seeking to profit from the turmoil surrounding the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader as they rebuild after a near-wipeout in May’s general election.

Germany took in 218,000 in the first seven months and, amid last week’s scenes of migrants heading westward on foot from Budapest’s jammed train station, expects as many as 800,000 for the full year.

Asked Wednesday if Russia plans to create a base in Syria, Gen. Nikolai Bogdanovsky, a deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian military, said, according to Russian news agencies, that “there are no such plans as of today, but anything may happen”.

Russian Federation continues to send military equipment to Syria despite complaints from the USA, which is anxious about escalating the conflict between government forces and rebel groups hoping to topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad finally spoke about the refugee crisis and pointed the blame at Europe for “supporting terrorists”.

“There is now no Iranian initiative, but rather there are ideas, or principles, for an Iranian initiative which are based principally on the subject of Syria’s sovereignty… and are based on fighting terrorism“, Assad said.

US officials have voiced concern about Russia’s increasing military presence in Syria, saying it appears to be aimed at strengthening the government of Assad, a longtime Russian ally, rather than seeking a transition to a new political leadership.

The fence four metres (13 feet) high being built in addition along its entire 175-kilometre (120-mile) border with Serbia is due to be completed by the end of October or early November, the government says.

“Richard Harrington will be responsible for coordinating and delivering work across government to resettle up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the United Kingdom, along with coordinating the provision of government support to Syrian refugees in the region”, said a...

Indirect support for Assad would come from a country that has no qualms about it, thereby enabling the West to stick to its old he-must-go policy.

While he told a Toronto audience this morning that it’s time to be less partisan, he laid the responsibility at Harper’s door.

That often leads to incessant bickering and cronyism among the country’s politicians.

Thousands of protesters waving Lebanese flags and chanting “revolution” took to the streets of Beirut on Saturday for an unprecedented mobilisation against sectarian politicians they say are incompetent and corrupt.

Canada’s three main political leaders traded accusations of fiscal recklessness and promises of budget prudence Wednesday as the health of the economy dominated the federal election campaign for a third straight day.