Series creator Julian Fellowes told The Wall Street Journal there will be a fifth season of Downton Abbey, but maybe not more after that. I don't know yet if there is a season six, but it's not going to go on forever. It won't be Perry Mason, he said. NEWS: Downton Abbey's record numbers. In 2012, executive producer Gareth Neame told The Hollywood Reporter that an end date would likely come after five or six years.
Desperate Migration in the Middle East Conflict in the Middle East is driving millions of people from their homes: Estimates from the UN Refugee Agency suggest that more than 4 million Syrians are refugees, 50,000 more have sought asylum and at least 7 million more are internally displaced. In Iraq, near 2 million are displaced.
There are currently about 35,000 troops serving in the 20 nations in the Middle East region that make up the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, according to Commander Elissa Smith, press officer for the Middle East at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. About 3,200 of those U.S. forces are in Iraq.