Hundreds left behind as Red Cross medical evacuations get just 29 out of Syria

More than 400 patients on a UN list waiting for evacuations from a siege in Syria have been left behind as the Red Cross said it had moved just 29 people and their families to Damascus for medical care.

Hundreds left behind as Red Cross medical evacuations get just 29 out of Syria

More than 400 patients on a UN list waiting for evacuations from a siege in Syria have been left behind as the Red Cross said it had moved just 29 people and their families to Damascus for medical care.

It took the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent three days to evacuate the patients and their family members.

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