The Red Cross was to bring aid to a ravaged district of the Syrian city of Homs Friday after regime troops routed opposition fighters, capping a monthlong siege, according to UPI. Red Cross and Red Crescent workers planned to deliver food and medical supplies to an estimated 4,000 civilians living in the devastated, snow-covered Baba Amr neighborhood -- held by opposition fighters until they tactically retreated late Thursday by Syria's troops. The aid workers planned to evacuate the wounded during a promised 2-hour cease-fire set to begin Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The committee received the go-ahead from Damascus.
