UN Aid Chief Arrives In Syria As Obama Rules Out Military Action And Assad Vows To Continue Crackdown On Year-Long Uprising -- Daily Mail
* UN's Valerie Amos had meetings in Damascus and now going to Homs
* Trying to gain access for aid workers during three-day trip
* Barack Obama says unilateral U.S. military action would be a 'mistake'
The United Nation's aid chief finally arrived in Syria today - and is now making her way to the devastated city of Homs.
Valerie Amos held talks in the capital Damascus with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is now en route to the rebel-stronghold city.
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