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Fresh assault on Homs as Red Cross seeks access

Stranded residents tell of desperate survival efforts

By Zeina Karam

 |  Associated Press  

  March 04, 2012

Syrian forces launched a fresh assault on Homs yesterday as the Red Cross pressed forward with efforts to deliver badly needed aid to thousands of people stranded in a besieged neighborhood despite warnings from regime troops of land mines and booby traps.

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