15.02.2014 15.Adar I.5774 Schuschan P. Katan, Ki Tisa
Jordanien:
Obama pledges $1 billion in loan guarantees to Jordan
The U.S. president met in California with King Abdullah II of Jordan, a close Arab ally of the U.S. and the largest recipient of U.S. aid, collecting about $1 billion annually for the past five years.
Seeking crucial help for a key Middle Eastern ally, U.S. President Barack Obama announced late Friday that he will ask Congress to approve a new round of financial aid for Jordan, which is struggling to manage the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees from the civil war in Syria….