UN Set to Deliver Aid to Syria's Besieged Homs

The United Nations is ready to deliver desperately needed aid Saturday to Syrian civilians in the rebel-held areas of the city of Homs. U.N. officials say the aid will include food, medical and other basic supplies for thousands of people in the war-battered enclave. The delivery of the aid comes a day after scores of Syrian civilians, including the elderly and children, were evacuated from Homs. Aid workers escorted frail old men and women draped in blankets as part of a three-day...

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