Syria President Bashar al-Assad (left) with Russia President Dmitry Medvedev. Photo: wiki commons.

VOA – The International Committee of the Red Cross says medical supplies and humanitarian aid have reached the battered city of Homs and will soon be taken to the Baba Amr neighborhood.

An ICRC spokesperson said Friday that a convoy of seven trucks carrying aid would enter Baba Amr, a district of Homs where rebels and citizens have been under siege by government forces for nearly a month.

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