Dokument #1148513
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
According to a representative of Middle
East Watch in Washington, DC, relations between Iraq and Syria
became hostile in 1979 when Saddam Hussein accused the Syrian
government of masterminding a military coup against him (28 June
1994). As a result, the Iraq-Syrian border was closed and should
still be closed due to continuation of this hostility (ibid.).
The attached section of Encyclopedia of
the Third World refers to the alleged Syrian-engineered coup
attempt in Iraq.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Middle East Watch, Washington, DC. 28
June 1994. Telephone interview.
Encyclopedia of the Third World.
1992. 4th ed. Vol. 2. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York:
Facts On File, pp. 897-98.