The International Committee of the Red Cross says the Syrian government has given it permission to enter the besieged district of Baba Amr in Homs tomorrow just hours after opposition fighters retreated. Carla Mardini is a spokeswoman for the ICRC in Geneva.
"We'll be bringing in food and medical aid. As to the figures of the teams, this is being organised right now, so I can't give you more. We also don't have the figures of how many people were seriously wounded or dead. We'll have to see what the situation is on the spot . It's a priority for us to enter so we can assess the situation on the ground and decide how we're going to respond the most efficiently and the most rapidly."
Earlier, opposition fighters in Homs announced that they were staging what they called a " tactical withdrawal" from Baba Amr. It's been a major opposition stronghold and has faced weeks of heavy shelling from government forces with reports of hundreds of deaths. Syrian officials say the army is now in control of the area.
In another development, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously demanded immediate humanitarian access to Syria, and the statement was backed by China and Russia, who until now have resisted any moves to condemn Syria or take action against it. Jane O'Brien reports from Washington.
國際紅十字委員會(ICRC)稱，反對派武裝人員撤退後，敘利亞政府已允許該組織進入受困的胡姆斯巴巴阿姆魯地區。Carla Mardini是ICRC駐日內瓦女發言人。
“我們將提供食物和醫療援助，由於馬上就要組織好，所以救援人數不會很多。我們還不知道多少人嚴重受傷或死亡，必須馬上了解情況。重要的前提就是能夠進入這個地區，這樣才能實地評估情況，然後決定如何有效、快速做出反應。”
早些時候，駐胡姆斯的反對派武裝人員宣稱正從巴巴阿姆魯發起所謂的“戰略撤退”。該地區曾是反對派的重要據點，數周來壹直遭受政府軍的猛烈轟擊，據悉有數百人喪生。敘利亞官員稱軍隊現已控制該地區。
同時，聯合國安理會壹致同意迅速向敘利亞提供人道主義援助，中國和俄羅斯都支持該聲明，不過這兩國目前仍反對任何譴責敘利亞的言論和行動。Jane O'Brien在華盛頓報道