03.03.2012                      09.Adar. 5772                         Tezaweh Paraschat Sachor

Syrien-Aufstand:

Syria prevents Red Cross from entering embattled Homs district

International Red Cross president says it is 'unacceptable' that Syrians in need of emergency assistance still had not received any help, says hopes to enter Baba Amro in near future.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said that Syrian authorities had prevented it from entering the Homs district of Baba Amro on Friday, where it had hoped to bring in aid and evacuate the sick and wounded.
"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society (SARC) were not allowed to enter the Baba Amro district of Homs today," ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger said in a statement issued in Geneva….