Mr. President. I rise today to submit a concurrent resolution concerning freedom of emigration and travel for Syrian Jews. While our attention is focusing on the latest revelations about the Iraqi nuclear program. the vicissitudes of the hostage situation. and the administrations efforts to further the peace process by bringing all the parties. including the Syrians. to the negotiating table. we must not forget the Syrian Jewish community being held hostage by the brutal Assad regime. Approximately 4.000 Syrian Jews are trapped in Syria. prevented from emigrating and from moving freely around the country. They are concentrated in three Syrian cities: Damascus. where there are approximately 3.600 Jews. Aleppo. where there are approximately 400. and Quamishli. where a small community of 100 remains.
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