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TheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCrosssaystheSyriangovernmenthasgivenitpermissiontoenterthebesiegeddistrictofBabaAmrinHomstomorrowjusthoursafteroppositionfightersretreated.CarlaMardiniisaspokeswomanfortheICRCinGeneva.
We'llbebringinginfoodandmedicalaid.Astothefiguresoftheteams,thisisbeingorganisedrightnow,soIcan'tgiveyoumore.Wealsodon'thavethefiguresofhowmanypeoplewereseriouslywoundedordead.We'llhavetoseewhatthesituationisonthespot.It'sapriorityforustoentersowecanassessthesituationonthegroundanddecidehowwe'regoingtorespondthemostefficientlyandthemostrapidly.
Earlier,oppositionfightersinHomsannouncedthattheywerestagingwhattheycalledatacticalwithdrawalfromBabaAmr.It'sbeenamajoroppositionstrongholdandhasfacedweeksofheavyshellingfromgovernmentforceswithreportsofhundredsofdeaths.Syrianofficialssaythearmyisnowincontrolofthearea.
Inanotherdevelopment,theUnitedNationsSecurityCouncilhasunanimouslydemandedimmediatehumanitarianaccesstoSyria,andthestatementwasbackedbyChinaandRussia,whountilnowhaveresistedanymovestocondemnSyriaortakeactionagainstit.JaneO'BrienreportsfromWashington.
国际红十字委员会(ICRC)称,反对派武装人员撤退后,叙利亚政府已允许该组织进入受困的胡姆斯巴巴阿姆鲁地区。CarlaMardini是ICRC驻日内瓦女发言人。
“我们将提供食物和医疗援助,由于马上就要组织好,所以救援人数不会很多。我们还不知道多少人严重受伤或死亡,必须马上了解情况。重要的前提就是能够进入这个地区,这样才能实地评估情况,然后决定如何有效、快速做出反应。”
早些时候驻胡姆斯的反对派武装人员宣称正从巴巴阿姆鲁发起所谓的“战略撤退”。该地区曾是反对派的重要据点,数周来一直遭受政府军的猛烈轰击,据悉有数百人丧生。叙利亚官员称军队现已控制该地区。
同时联合国安理会一致同意迅速向叙利亚提供人道主义援助,中国和俄罗斯都支持该声明,不过这两国目前仍反对任何谴责叙利亚的言论和行动。JaneO'Brien在华盛顿报道