Sections

Commentary

Iraq’s U.S. Ambassador – We Need to Work Harder to Provide an End to Suffering of Syrian Refugees

Fred Dews
Fred Dews Managing Editor, New Digital Products - Office of Communications

February 24, 2014

Last Friday, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement hosted a discussion about Syria’s refugee crisis and its impact on regional security. The ambassadors to the United States from Lebanon and Iraq, plus representatives from Mercy Corps Jordan, the U.S. Department of State, and two Brookings scholars offered their views and analysis of the situation.

Ambassador Lukman Faily of Iraq sat down with Fellow Megan Bradley, who moderated the discussion, after the event to give additional views of the crisis. Watch below:

Get more information about what panelists said at the event here.