Red Cross to enter Syrian town

The Red Cross has announced it will enter the Baba Amr municipality in the Syrian city of Homs to bring food and medical assistance after a month-long siege.

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Friday, 02.03.2012.

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The Red Cross has announced it will enter the Baba Amr municipality in the Syrian city of Homs to bring food and medical assistance after a month-long siege. A local activist said that the Free Syrian Army had left the Baba Amr distr Red Cross to enter Syrian town The Red Cross plans to evacuate the wounded. This part has undergone heavy bombardment by the government in recent weeks. The Free Syrian Army said yesterday that left the district due to "a tactical withdrawal". This formation informed the public that 4,000 civilians refused to leave their homes during the retreat. From about 100,000 people who live in Baba Amru, only a few thousand stayed. Syrian authorities have now confirmed that they found the bodies of two Western journalists who were killed in Homs in a Baba Amr quarter after the withdrawal of the rebels. British Prime Minister David Cameron said in Brussels on the second day of a two-day meetings of the European Union that "the criminal Syrian regime must be held accountable for crimes against citizens". EU leaders have pledged to tighten their grip on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and agreed on new sanctions that will be reached during today's meeting dedicated to, as Cameron put it, "absolutely tragic" situation in Syria. Meanwhile, UNHCR expressed its concern about reports that people were summarily executed after the Syrian security forces captured the city Homs, which was a rebel stronghold. A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupret Kolvil said the UNHCR received unconfirmed information about the liquidation of 17 people in the district of Baba Amr, which became a symbol of resistance to the regime President Bashar al-Assad. The spokesman said the UN agency was trying to confirm this from reliable sources, and in the meantime appealed on both the government and the rebels not to resort to acts of retaliation. Red Cross vehicles evacuate wounded western journalists (Beta/AP) BBC

Red Cross to enter Syrian town

The Red Cross plans to evacuate the wounded. This part has undergone heavy bombardment by the government in recent weeks. The Free Syrian Army said yesterday that left the district due to "a tactical withdrawal".

This formation informed the public that 4,000 civilians refused to leave their homes during the retreat. From about 100,000 people who live in Baba Amru, only a few thousand stayed.

Syrian authorities have now confirmed that they found the bodies of two Western journalists who were killed in Homs in a Baba Amr quarter after the withdrawal of the rebels.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said in Brussels on the second day of a two-day meetings of the European Union that "the criminal Syrian regime must be held accountable for crimes against citizens".

EU leaders have pledged to tighten their grip on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and agreed on new sanctions that will be reached during today's meeting dedicated to, as Cameron put it, "absolutely tragic" situation in Syria.

Meanwhile, UNHCR expressed its concern about reports that people were summarily executed after the Syrian security forces captured the city Homs, which was a rebel stronghold.

A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupret Kolvil said the UNHCR received unconfirmed information about the liquidation of 17 people in the district of Baba Amr, which became a symbol of resistance to the regime President Bashar al-Assad.

The spokesman said the UN agency was trying to confirm this from reliable sources, and in the meantime appealed on both the government and the rebels not to resort to acts of retaliation.

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