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On Syrian Border, Haley Confronts Civil War's Reality Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., poses for a photo during a visit at the Reyhanli border crossing with Syria, near Hatay, southern Turkey, May 24, 2017.BAB AL-HAWA, TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER — President Donald Trump's U.N. 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. That reality is far removed from America's years-old hope for President Bashar Assad to leave power and speedily end the civil war.From the Syrian side of the border zone, Ambassador Nikki Haley gazed up at a Turkish flag plastered onto signs marking the entrance into that nation's territory. Syrian refugees once flooded through the run-down Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing until officials cracked down. These days it's only aid convoys that pass back and forth, trying to meet an unrelenting demand for food, health supplies and other basic needs in the Arab country.U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, center, poses for pictures with Syrian refugee children at the Sakirpasa Umran school, funded by the US government, during its opening ceremony in Adana, southern Turkey, May 24, 2017.Article continues: http://www.voanews.com/a/on-syrian-border-haley-confronts-civil-war-reality/3869995.html
