Information Minister on Challenges Facing Jordan

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—As a neighbor to both Syria, a state engulfed in a civil war, and Israel and the occupied West Bank, the kingdom of Jordan is more subject than most to the pressures and strains of regional crises and conflicts, especially the massive influx of Syrian refugees into its territory. This is to say nothing of its own struggles with domestic instability, as Jordan's ruling Hashemite monarchy attempts to come to terms with economic problems, the events of the Arab Sprin...

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