ICRC: Homs move doesn't improve humanitarian situation in Syria


  • World
  • Saturday, 15 Feb 2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's government and opposition still do not honour basic tenets of international humanitarian law despite the evacuation of besieged Syrians from the Old City of Homs, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday.

ICRC President Peter Maurer said the evacuation did not herald any wider improvement in humanitarian access in Syria, where the United Nations says it cannot access up to 3 million people in need.

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