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Ban Raises Fears for 'Trapped' Civilians in Homs
[An Nahar] U.N. leader  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... on Tuesday expressed fear for 2,500 "trapped" civilians as Syrian government forces press a campaign to take the city of Homs, a front man said. Ban renewed a call for a halt to arms supplies to both sides in the conflict as he expressed "grave concern" about the fighting in Homs, said U.N. deputy front man Eduardo del Buey. "An estimated 2,500 civilians remain trapped in Homs," said the front man. Ban called on "the warring sides to do their utmost to avoid civilian casualties and to allow immediate humanitarian access, as well as opportunities for trapped civilians to leave without fear of persecution." The U.N. secretary general also expressed "his concern over threats to seize two Shiite villages in the northern province of Aleppo." Ban "calls again for stopping the supply of arms to all sides and appeals to the parties in Syria and their supporters to focus instead on the search for a political solution that remains the only way out of this tragedy." Posted by: Fred 2013-07-03 |
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