A high-level U.S. administration official traveled to Syria's border for the first time in a show of support for Turkey's fight against the regime.
and Iranian-commanded troops, have violated a ceasefire deal with Turkey and the Syrian rebels it supports, including jihadist groups.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft and James Jeffrey, the U.S. envoy for Syria, pose with rescue workers at the Syrian crossing point of Bab al-Hawa near Turkey's Cilvegozu border gate, in Idlib governorate, Syria, March 3, 2020.Along with U.S. special envoy James Jeffrey, Craft announced an additional $108 million of U.S. assistance for food, shelter, winter clothing, medical care and safe drinking water. Those funds will be distributed on the ground through the U.N.
A man holding a child looks through barbed wire as migrants and refugees gather on the Turkish side of the closed Kastanies border crossing between Greece and Turkey, near the Evros River, in an attempt to cross into Greece, March 2, 2020.
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