Middle Eastern Desert Kingdom and Canada

: Jordan has also borne a heavy load from Syria civil war, now in its fifth year, because its hosts an estimated 625,000 refugees, according to CTV. It has a population of eight million. The tiny Middle Eastern desert kingdom has been punching above its weight internationally as one of Canada top allies in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Jordan is also one of the five countries joining Canada in conducting bombing missions against ISIL targets inside Syria, along with the United States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar. Abdullah second stop was to be San Francisco for business meetings, before coming to Ottawa to meet Harper and "several other officials," the newspaper said. The Jordan Times said Abdullah official visit to Ottawa would be final leg of a three-country trip that started Wednesday at the Afro-Asia Summit in Indonesia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.