The United Nations is concerned about “unacceptable conditions” set by Damascus for allowing aid to flow through its Bab Al-Hawa crossing to rebel-held areas in northwest Syria, according to a document reviewed Friday by AFP. The delivery of humanitarian aid through the crossing has been...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Syrian regime gave a green light Thursday for the United Nations to use a key crossing from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest that was closed earlier this week, but it wants to take away U.N. control over aid deliveries to the region. Syria’s U.N....

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — The little village of Ghajar has been a sore point between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But after a long period of calm, the dispute has begun to heat up again. Israel has been...

The delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s opposition-held northwest from neighboring Turkey is virtually certain to get a green light to continue from the U.N. Security Council — but the big question is for how long. The council’s current authorization for aid deliveries through the...