Gates of Vienna News Feed 4/17/2015

Gates of Vienna

• According to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the most dangerous leaders of the Islamic State are “Swedes”. Meanwhile, the UN reports that increasing numbers of food vouchers issued by the World Food Program are being diverted and sold on the black market by Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.

• In other news, the European Commission has ordered Spain to allow migrants to submit asylum requests without their being required to first scale the border fences at the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.