Violence Rocks Syrian City During Another Civilian Evacuation Attempt
"Yes."
HOMS, Syria----An attempt to implement the second phase of a United Nations plan to evacuate civilians and take desperately needed aid into a besieged rebel-held area in this central Syrian city was marred by violence on Saturday, with one U.N. official describing what happened as "a day in hell."
"You are prepared, the two of you, to separate and never see one another again?"
One day after succeeding in evacuating 83 people trapped in sections of central Homs for more than 18 months, a convoy comprised of U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent vehicles was attacked with mortars and gunfire. The attack killed at least five people on the rebel side, wounded one Syrian aid worker and forced a U.N. team including its top representative in the country to remain trapped in the rebel-held sector for hours.
"No!" broke in Julia.
Opposition activists and one member of the aid team that went into the rebel-held area blamed pro-regime forces for the attack, while Homs Governor Talal al Barazi and several security and military officials blamed the rebels.
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