U.S. ENVOY VISITS MIDDLE EAST NO MAN’S LAND ON SYRIA BORDER

President Donald Trump’s UN envoy set foot Wednesday in the no man’s land between Syria and Turkey, witnessing the precarious transfer of aid supplies into a seemingly interminable conflict.

Ferried to the border in an armoured motorcade, Ambassador Nikki Haley walked to within just a few feet of entering the Arab land, becoming the highestranking U.S. official to come so close to Syrian territory in years.

Underscoring the danger, security officials spirited her away from the border after unmarked vehicles were spotted moving toward the area.

Beyond the frontier, she confronted a human reminder of the world’s failure to resolve the war: About 8,400 Syrian refugees in a Turkish refugee camp, some of them stuck there for more than five years.

During her visit to Jordan and Turkey this week, Haley is addressing the needs of Syrians stuck in a protracted conflict now in its seventh year.

She said she wanted to “bring new life” to efforts to help the refugees, mentioning schooling and training in particular.

At the Syrian border, the ambassador pitched in by helping pack boxes of lentils, bulgur wheat and sugar set to be trucked through Bab al-Hawa.

Aid workers explained how goods are transferred in the no man’s land from Turkish trucks onto Syrian trucks before making the journey deep into Syria.