Syria crisis: Trapped civilians must be evacuated – UN

Published June 18, 2012 by BBC News
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The head of UN observers in Syria has urged warring parties to allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and injured people from conflict zones.  Maj Gen Robert Mood also admitted that "attempts to extract civilians" from the besieged city of Homs over the past week had been unsuccessful.

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