83 dazed Syrians evacuated from Homs' besieged Old City

[Sally]

Can you imagine the relief these 83 Syrians must be feeling?

83 dazed Syrians evacuated from Homs' besieged Old City

Evacuations are to continue in the Old City of Homs, Syria, for several days. Some people have been trapped a year or more.

By Patrick J. McDonnell
February 7, 2014, 5:42 p.m.

HOMS, Syria — They were stuck in their apartments for long stretches, hustling for whatever food was available. Sniper fire and shelling were constant. There was only occasional cellphone contact with the outside world. Running water and electricity were rare.

A complex deal hammered out by the Syrian government, the United Nations and rebels led to a temporary cease-fire and the evacuation of 83 people from the Old City of Homs, many of them trapped for a year or more inside a rubble-strewn battleground.

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[GISMYS]

Can you imagine the relief these 83 Syrians must be feeling?

83 dazed Syrians evacuated from Homs' besieged Old City

Evacuations are to continue in the Old City of Homs, Syria, for several days. Some people have been trapped a year or more.

By Patrick J. McDonnell
February 7, 2014, 5:42 p.m.

HOMS, Syria — They were stuck in their apartments for long stretches, hustling for whatever food was available. Sniper fire and shelling were constant. There was only occasional cellphone contact with the outside world. Running water and electricity were rare.

A complex deal hammered out by the Syrian government, the United Nations and rebels led to a temporary cease-fire and the evacuation of 83 people from the Old City of Homs, many of them trapped for a year or more inside a rubble-strewn battleground.

To continue reading, go to:

83 dazed Syrians evacuated from Homs' besieged Old City - latimes.com

GET OUT OF DAMASCUS NOW!!!===This is God’s message to Damascus, capital of Syria:

Look, Damascus is gone! It is no longer a city—it has become a heap of ruins!
ISAIAH 17:1= Then at last they will think of God their Creator and have respect for the Holy One of Israel. Look, see the armies thundering toward God’s land. 13 But though they roar like breakers rolling upon a beach, God will silence them. They will flee, scattered like chaff by the wind, like whirling dust before a storm. 14 In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn her enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder and destroy the people of God.

 

[irosie91]

I wonder how ASSAD feels-----and Mrs Assad. The material
which is available----on the last days in the BERLIN BUNKER--
is actually fascinating. Poor adolf was "depressed" Magda wrote with true compassion about the plight of that
poor guy------she was HAPPY that her children----the ones into whose throats she eventually shoved cyanide----
CHEERED HIM UP

 

[waltky]

Gettin' the people out of harms way...

600 EVACUATED FROM BLOCKADED SYRIAN CITY OF HOMS
Feb 9,`14 -- Hundreds of civilians were evacuated Sunday from the besieged Syrian city of Homs, braving gunmen spraying bullets and lobbing mortar shells to flee as part of a rare three-day truce to relieve a choking blockade. Dozens were wounded as they fled.

The cease-fire came as Syrian officials arrived in Switzerland for a new round of talks with opposition activists-in-exile to try to negotiate an end to Syria's three-year conflict. More than 600 people were evacuated from Homs on Sunday, said Governor Talal Barrazi. The operation was part of a U.N.-mediated truce that began Friday between the government of President Bashar Assad and armed rebels to allow thousands of women, children and elderly men to leave opposition-held parts of the city, and to permit the entry of food and supplies. Forces loyal to Assad have blockaded rebel-held parts of Homs for over a year, causing widespread hunger and suffering.

Dozens of people were wounded when they came under fire as they waited at an agreed-upon evacuation point in the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Qarabis, according to three activists based in Homs, who spoke to The Associated Press by Skype. Despite the gunfire and exploding mortar shells, hundreds of women, children and elderly men ran toward a group of Red Crescent workers waiting less than a mile (kilometer) away, said an activist who gave his name as Samer al-Homsy. The Syrian activists said the gunfire came from a government-held neighborhood. The Syrian news agency SANA also reported that civilians came under fire, but blamed "terrorists," the government term for rebels.

At least four busloads of civilians were shipped out, according to footage broadcast on the Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen. Wide-eyed children, their prominent cheekbones suggestive of malnutrition, tumbled out of a bus, assisted by aid workers. "Our life was a disaster, we had no food, no water," one distressed woman said. "There was nothing, my children are all sick. They were thirsty," she said, standing with a group of exhausted-looking children as khaki-clad Syrian soldiers, Red Crescent workers in red jump suits and U.N. workers in blue protective vests gathered around the buses.

Some evacuees were to be hosted in government-run shelters, others were going to join relatives in safer areas, while still others said they did not know where they were going. Khaled Erksoussi of the Syrian Red Crescent, which is assisting the operation, told the AP that the agency hoped to evacuate as many civilians as possible before the truce expires Monday. On Saturday, gunmen opened fire on civilians, leaving aid workers wounded and two trucks damaged, Erksoussi said, speaking by telephone from Damascus.

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