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Fighters, families from the Damascus suburb of Daraya have arrived in rebel-held Hama under an evacuation deal after effectively surrendering the town to the government after a grueling four-year siege. Nathan Frandino reports.
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
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).