Red Cross makes new rescue bid in Syria's Homs
- Published: 25/02/2012 at 02:32 PM
- Online news: World
The Red Cross made a new attempt on Saturday to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city Homs, two of them wounded Western journalists, after a first successful rescue of civilians.
A wounded man is helped in the Syrian city of Idlib. The Red Cross made a new attempt on Saturday to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city Homs, two of them wounded Western journalists, after a first successful rescue of civilians.
The humanitarian effort came after Arab and Western governments called on Damascus to "immediately cease all violence" to allow access, more than three weeks into a deadly assault on rebel neighbourhoods of Syria's third largest city.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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