Three tons of emergency supplies were scheduled for delivery to besieged areas of the city of Homs Saturday, according to a UN-brokered agreement reached this week, dpa reported On Friday, 83 civilians were evacuated from the conflict zones under a temporary ceasefire between the government and the opposition that is supposed to last three days. "UN teams have pre-positioned food, medical and other basic supplies for immediate delivery, said Yacoub el Hillo, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator. There are an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 residents trapped in Syria's third-largest city, where streets are strewn in rubble and the population is suffering from an acute shortage of food and other vital supplies. Homs occupies a strategic position on the junction between the main Damascus-Aleppo road and the highway leading west to the government's stronghold on the Mediterranean coast. -- SPA 14:34 LOCAL TIME 11:34 GMT تغريد
