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Syria will grant the United Nations permission to use a key crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria for a period of six months, Bassam Sabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UN, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
A Qatari convoy with supplies for quake-hit northwest Syria arrives at Bab al-Hawa border crossing via Turkey. IMAGES
The first UN aid convoy for earthquake victims arrive at Bab al-Hawa border crossing in rebel-held northwestern Syria. IMAGES
"Northwestern Syria is now a disaster area," says spokesperson for the Syrian Civil Defense in rebel-held areas, Ismail Alabdallah, in an appeal to the international community to offer support. SOUNDBITE
The buses in the first convoy of rebels and civilians evacuated late Thursday from the Eastern Ghouta arrive in the town of Qalaat al-Madiq, in the north of Hama province, before making their way north to Idlib province. IMAGES
Smoke rises from a building as Israeli troops raid the occupied West Bank town of Deir al-Ghusun near Tulkarm. IMAGES