Evacuation has been restarted in Syria
SYRIA: Red Cross resumes Homs evacuation bid. it is resuming its attempts to rescue more Syrians trapped by shelling in the city of Homs, says Red Cross.
Since the army began bombarding areas of Homs last month, On Friday it evacuated several people for the first time.
Among the wounded there are two foreign journalists also.
On Friday, following long negotiations, three Syrian Arab Red Crescent ambulances drove into the suburb of Baba Amr which has borne the brunt of the government attack.
They brought out 20 women and children as well as seven people who were sick or wounded.
The wounded were transferred to a hospital in Homs, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement.
“The ICRC will continue its discussions and negotiations with the Syrian authorities and members of the opposition so we are able to pursue these rounds of evacuations,” the statement continued.
“The idea is to be able to evacuate all those wounded and sick, those who are in a desperate situation to reach medical facilities for urgent medical treatment.”
(source-bbc)
