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AMMAN, Jordan — With no end in sight to the violence in Syria, which has already sent a half-million refugees into Jordan, authorities here appealed to the United States on Wednesday for surveillance airplanes and intelligence help to secure a border that is favored by arms smugglers.
But the surge pouring into Jordan prompted the authorities there to decree that all new arrivals be put into a camp built in harsh desert surroundings near its border with Syria.
In Jordan and Turkey the authorities are making moves to improve the registration of refugee births.
The authorities in Jordan have offered to free a Iraqi prisoner for a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State (IS) after the group threatened to kill the pilot and another hostage.
Authorities in Jordan withdrew licenses for two Iranian news organizations this week and the sultan of Oman reportedly canceled a trip to Tehran following the unrest after Iran's June 12 election.
This may be explained by the culture of south Jordan that consider notification to authorities is a shameful behavior or may be due to lack of data base, also the use of traditional solving of domestic troubles in Arabian sitting may have a role.
According to his brother, Mohamed Eljahmi, a naturalized U.S. citizen, Fathi was in a coma when Libyan authorities finally sent him to Jordan for medical treatment earlier this month.
As unrest sweeps the immediate region — with protests in Egypt, stalled negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and civil strife in Syria and Iraq — Jordan finds itself in a precarious position.
Israeli border authorities also control Allenby Bridge, the only crossing to Jordan that can be used by Palestinians with West Bank ID.
