{"id":11730,"date":"2018-08-16T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=11730"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T15:25:34","slug":"un-palestinian-schools-to-open-on-time-despite-us-funding-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=11730","title":{"rendered":"UN Palestinian schools to open on time despite US funding freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1357386\/middle-east\" readability=\"94\">\n<p>\nAMMAN: Russia will help Jordan repatriate more than 150,000 Syrian refugees who fled fighting with the Assad regime in the country\u2019s south, a Jordanian official said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe official said Russia will repatriate the Syrians by the end of 2018 following the establishment of a center near the border with Syria to process their paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>\nJordan\u2019s Minister for Media Affairs Jumana Ghneimat said the Russian proposal has been under discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Jordanian government refused to force displaced Syrians to return to their homeland, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt is up to the refugee to decide whether he wants to return, although the presence of large numbers of Syrians has become a burden for Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe refugees are mainly from the war-ravaged provinces of Daraa, Quneitra and Sweida, the scene of fierce clashes between rebels and Assad government forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nGhneimat said the establishment of a processing center nine kilometers from the border with Syria was part of Russia\u2019s larger proposal for the return of the refugees.<\/p>\n<p>\nAsked about the reopening of the Nassib border crossing, the minister said it was up to Syria to decide if the crossing would be operational.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Assad regime had not asked Jordan to reopen the border, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Jordanian border crossing of Jaber is ready to operate and roads leading to the site are secure, Ghneimat said.<\/p>\n<p>\nA technical team, including several ministry representatives, visited the crossing last week on a tour of inspection.<\/p>\n<p>\nJordan would benefit from reopening the border, which is an important avenue for trade with Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and several European countries, a transport ministry official said.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut reopening the border carried risks, including a fear that terrorists would enter the country with fake IDs, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe closure of the Jordan-Syrian border had severely affected Jordan\u2019s transport sector, the head of the Syndicate of Jordanian Truck Owners said.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut he said that Jordanian trucks are ready to carry goods to Syria as soon as the border crossing is reopened. Before the Syrian crisis erupted in 2011, about 7,000 trucks drove through the crossing each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMMAN: Russia will help Jordan repatriate more than 150,000 Syrian refugees who fled fighting with the Assad regime in the country\u2019s south, a Jordanian official said. The official said Russia will repatriate the Syrians by the end of 2018 following the establishment of a center near the border with Syria to process their paperwork. 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