Prime Minister Stephen Harper and King Abdullah II

fight terrorism: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Raad Adayleh OTTAWA - A Jordanian newspaper is reporting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will host King Abdullah II, one of his key allies in the fight on terrorism, in Ottawa in the coming days, according to Winnipeg Free Press. 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. A Jordanian newspaper is reporting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will host King Abdullah II, one of his key allies in the fight on terrorism, in Ottawa in the coming days. Jordan has also borne a heavy load from Syria civil war, now in its fifth year, because its hosts an estimated 625,000 refugees. 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. It has a population of eight million. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.