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

Weren’t the Hungarians working to the book when they said genuine refugees were entitled to go into Europe, whilst economic migrants were not?

Mr. Murphy, the highest-ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s panel with jurisdiction over Middle East affairs, returned a few days ago from a trip to that unstable region, including a visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan that the senator...

“The problem here won’t be solved if thousands of people move to Canada or other countries”, said Mohammed Darwish, a mechanical engineer who brought his family from Aleppo to Kilis earlier this year.

Resulting from Lesbos’ close proximity to Turkey (little greater than six miles away at its nearest point), the island has grow to be probably the most very popular stepping stones to Europe for these fleeing agitation & war in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan & beyond.

A U.S.-led coalition attacked Islamic State militants on Sunday with 18 air strikes in Iraq and four in Syria, the military said in a statement released on Monday.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told this week that some of the young men the USA would accept “could easily be people who could be infiltrated by terrorists”. Our borders are not as porous as those between Syria and most of Europe.

Britain is ready to launch more drone strikes in Syria to thwart potential terrorism plots, Defense Secretary Michael Fallon vowed Tuesday, adding fuel to the debate over the extent of British operations in the Middle East.

Buses carrying migrants arrived from Serbia’s southern border with Macedonia to the western town of Sid near the Croatian border on September 16.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Christine Wormuth told the Senate Armed Services Committee that only between 100 and 120 Syrian fighters were in training.

“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.

Two dozen police in surgical masks and gloves have blocked access to train platforms for more than 400 refugees and migrants holding tickets to Vienna. About 300 are on a motorway, escorted by police.

Overwhelmingly, they want to go to Germany or Sweden.

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.