Red Cross makes another attempt to evacuate trapped Homs civilians

The Red Cross has made a further attempt to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, after a first successful rescue of civilians earlier.

The Red Cross has made a further attempt to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, after a first successful rescue of civilians earlier.

The humanitarian effort came after Arab and Western states urged Damascus to "immediately cease all violence" and allow access, more than three weeks into a deadly assault on rebels in Syria's third largest city.

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