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Friday 31 March 2023 Dublin: 9°C

# Baba Amr

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# Survival
Residents of Syria's Aleppo sell their belongings to survive
People are trying to sell off electronic devices to make money – but there isn’t enough electricity to make them work.
# Red Crescent
Aid team gains entry to struggling region of Homs in Syria
The food and emergency aid convoy has spent the past six days trying to secure entry to Baba Amr.
# Syria
Patients 'tortured' by doctors in Syrian hospital
Chilling footage has emerged from Homs, showing patients tightly shackled to beds and bearing the marks of beatings.
# Syria
Still no access to Baba Amr for Red Cross in Syria
Those suffering in the besieged neighbourhood in Homs have gone weeks without any humanitarian aid.
# Syria
Syria releases bodies of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik
The two journalists were killed in a rocket attack by Syrian security forces in Homs.
# Syria
Syrian activists claim to have buried Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik in Homs
The two western journalists were killed in a rocket attack on the besieged neighbourhood of Homs last week.
# Syria
Red Cross permitted entry to besieged Homs neighbourhood
The ICRC says Syrian authorities have given it the green light to enter Baba Amr tomorrow.
# Syria
Two journalists ‘safe’ after being smuggled out of Syria – report
Conroy and French journalist Edith Bouvier were wounded in the same attack that killed colleagues Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik.
# Syria
Red Cross attempts to rescue Syrians and journalists trapped in Homs
Negotiations between aid agencies and the Syrian government come after just over two dozen people were evacuated from the besieged city yesterday.
# Syria
Syria: Dozens reported dead as shelling of Homs continues
The violence comes despite more assurances from president Bashar Assad to end the bombardment and start dialogue with rebel fighters.
# Syria
Videos: What's happening in Homs?
Hundreds have been reportedly killed since the artillery assault of the Syrian city began last week.