08.03.2012                      14.Adar. 5772                      Purim

Syrien-Aufstand:

Red Cross finds Syria's Baba Amr empty after regime crackdown

UN humanitarian chief also arrives at Homs neighborhood after denied entry to Syria last week; delegation seeks to convince authorities to allow free transfer of aid to civilians.

A Red Cross spokesman said on Wednesday that most inhabitants have fled the shattered Syrian neighborhood of Baba Amr in the central city of Hom, as the UN humanitarian chief held rare direct talks in the Syrian capital Damascus.
ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan told the Associated Press in Geneva that the Syrian Arab Red Crescent toured the district for about 45 minutes on Wednesday. It was the first outside view of the situation there since a military siege ended last week. The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos was also allowed into Baba Amr….