Syria Grants Red Cross Permission To Provide Aid

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After Syrian rebels retreated from a besieged area of Homs, the government granted the Red Cross permission to provide aid. The Associated Press reports:

“The ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent received today from the Syrian authorities the green light to enter Baba Amr tomorrow to bring in much-needed assistance including food and medical aid, and to carry out evacuation operations,” spokesman Hicham Hassan told The Associated Press.

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