Syria Blocks Red Cross Aid To Syria

Aid convoys arrived in four Syrian towns on Thursday but UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said the government was still stopping aid getting to six others under siege.

Syrian forces pounded the city of Rastan with shells on Sunday after routing rebel fighters from nearby Homs, monitors said, as the Red Cross awaited the go-ahead to evacuate wounded from the battered region.

Syrian authorities have blocked Red Cross aid workers from entering the Baba Amr district in the city of Homs, where civilians have endured days of fierce fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.

Aid convoys arrived in four Syrian towns on Thursday but UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said the government was still stopping aid getting to six others under siege.

Syrian forces pounded the city of Rastan with shells on Sunday after routing rebel fighters from nearby Homs, monitors said, as the Red Cross awaited the go-ahead to evacuate wounded from the battered region.

Syrian authorities have blocked Red Cross aid workers from entering the Baba Amr district in the city of Homs, where civilians have endured days of fierce fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.