Syria accuses armed groups in Homs of hindering efforts made by aid groups to enter the city and evacuate wounded people and families.

Syria accuses armed groups in Homs of hindering efforts made by aid groups to enter the city and evacuate wounded people and families.

State news agency, SANA, quoted an official source at the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry as saying that the “armed terrorist groups fired at the Red Crescent and the Red Cross delegation and announced their rejection of evacuating any wounded or ill citizen.”

“The authorities concerned and the local authorities in Homs city have exerted efforts to enable the International Red Cross and the Syrian Red Crescent to enter the areas where the armed terrorist groups exist in order to evacuate the wounded, the elders, children, women, people with special needs and the other citizens and to enter medical and food aid; however, the armed terrorist groups once again foiled all efforts,” the official was quoted as saying.

The source also noted that Damascus urged the UN Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) to shoulder their responsibilities and exert pressure on the armed terrorist groups to force them to abide by the human logic.