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Friday Roundup: Updates on the Refugee Situation
List Project Updates: As upheaval continues in Syria, and refugees from that country flee throughout the region, Iraqi refugees have suspected that they have become an afterthought . The National, a UAE paper, reported on Wednesday that Iraqi refugees in Jordan, most of whom live in East Amman, (a cramped, dirty and poverty stricken area of [...]
Friday Roundup: “The List” premieres at TriBeCa, Iraq gives cold shoulder to Turkey, and more
Developments in Iraq: Cold Turkey: Diplomatic relations with Turkey have cooled considerably since U.S. forces left the country and Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and his National Alliance bloc made what Turkey perceived to be an overly aggressive reach to consolidate their power over primarily Sunni rivals. This included the posting of an arrest warrant for Sunni VP Tariq Al-Hashimi just hours [...]
“The List” Documentary at TriBeCa
Over the past five years, the filmmaker Beth Murphy has been producing a documentary about the plight faced by our Iraqi allies and the List Project’s work to protect them. The film crew traveled to meet with those on the list inside Iraq several times, as well as to Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. The film [...]
Friday Roundup
List Project News On Monday, List Project Executive Director Kirk Johnson joined a panel of experts to talk about the persecution of Iraqi refugees and the security procedures that are both delaying and denying their arrival in the U.S. The Economist documents Afghanistan and details why, like Iraq, there will be little or no help for those [...]
Friday Roundup
Developments in Iraq The political crisis regarding the fate of VP-in-exile Tareq al-Hashemi continued today, as Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani has refused a request by the central government to turn Hashemi over to them. (Source: Al Arabiya) Moqtada al-Sadr this week condemned Basra’s nightclubs, and called for the Iraqi government to work toward [...]
