Assad to allow UN aid from two more border crossings

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to let the United Nations deliver aid to Syria through two more border crossings from Turkey for three months, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told a closed-door Security Council meeting on Monday, according to diplomats.

Griffiths met with Assad in Damascus on Monday, a week after a devastating earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 35,00 people in both countries.