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| Aid w\orkers are given the "green light" to evacuate the wounded, the ICRC says |
(CNN) -- Aid workers were given the go-ahead by
President Bashar al-Assad's government to begin evacuating the wounded
and delivering supplies Friday to the shattered rebel stronghold in Homs
as reports emerged that Syrian forces turned attention to other targets
in the city.
Opposition reports of shelling and sniper attacks in Sunni-dominated
neighborhoods follow news that Syrian forces seized Baba Amr, a
flashpoint in a nearly year-long uprising that has left thousands dead.
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red
Crescent have "received the green light" to enter Baba Amr, Carla Haddad
Mardini, an ICRC spokeswoman, said.
She predicted the humanitarian aid and evacuation operations would be made more complex because snow was falling in the city.
Even as the Syrian government agreed to allow aid into the
neighborhood, the U.N. Security Council unanimously called on al-Assad
to grant immediate access to its humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos. Read More...
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