Senior US delegation visits Turkey-Syria border

A man, member of Syrian civil defense organization, White Helmets lets a white pigeon to fly for people who lost his life in chemical attack that in the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus, Syria on 22 August, 2017 [Amer Almohibany/Anadolu Agency]

A high-level US delegation has visited Turkey and discussed the latest developments in the Syrian province of Idlib, as well as the humanitarian assistance provided by the government in Ankara to displaced Syrians.

The delegation included US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft and America’s Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey. They visited the Turkish state of Hatay in the south of the country, where they were briefed on the international aid provided to Syrians fleeing from attacks by Assad regime forces.

The delegation also went to a logistics centre used by the UN to distribute aid to refugees, before going to the Cilvegozu Border Crossing opposite its Bab Al-Hawa counterpart on the Syrian side.

The American delegation met with a number of civil defence personnel known as the White Helmets.

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