Aid Workers Allowed Into Syria's Baba Amr -- The Telegraph
A team of aid workers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has been allowed to enter the battered Homs district of Baba Amr, the first time since the restive area fell to Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Syrian tanks meanwhile headed towards the embattled province of Idlib, a rebel stronghold, as Baroness Amos, the UN humanitarian chief arrived in the country.
"A Syrian Arab Red Crescent team entered Baba Amr," ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan told Reuters in Geneva.
There was no information on what food or medical aid the Red Crescent workers were able to take with them. The ICRC has been waiting for permission from Syrian authorities to enter Baba Amr since last Friday.
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More News On Syria's Humanitarian Crisis
Syria crisis: Valerie Amos visits Baba Amr, Homs -- BBC
Red Cross: Most Have Fled Besieged Syrian Area -- NPR/AP
Aid workers find Baba Amr empty after UN talks -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
U.N. humanitarian official visits Syria -- CNN
UN Humanitarian Chief Travels to Homs, Syria -- Voice of America
UN humanitarian chief enters besieged Syrian area -- AJC/AP
U.N. Relief Official Visits Syria Amid New Violence and Lost Confidence -- New York Times
Fleeing Syria refugees tell of dodging bullets in orange grove -- Christian Science Monitor
My Comment: The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos is arriving late .... very late. And while the focus will be on her going to visit a battered city district or two .... the sad fact is that every day life in Syria is returning to this.
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