Jordan Row

Jordan row: ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN The aerial footage of the Zaatari camp near Syrias border with Jordan row upon dusty row of squat trailers and tents as far as the eye can see, like a desert version of Oz could become the iconic image of this war, along with photos of children gassed outside Damascus. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Indeed, there is a disconnect between the debate in Washington and the reality here on the ground. U.S. officials are discussing our intervention as if it were this dramatic crescendo to the conflict. A Syrian refugee boy stands in front of his family's makeshift home at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, in August. More than 2 million Syrians have fled the country's two-and-a-half year conflict. Jordan hosts more than 554,000 refugees. While the images of the chemical attacks capture the inhumanity of this conflict, the aerial shots of the camp capture the scale. More than two million Syrians have fled the war, half of them children, making it the worlds worst refugee crisis since Rwandas 1994 genocide. Left unaddressed, the crisis risks destabilizing Syrias neighbors and disposing any hope of instilling peace and democracy in the region. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.