(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime allowed Wednesday fuel and gas trucks to enter besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl.
Three trucks loaded by fuel and 500 gas cylinders were entered to al-Awer in biding to the U.N.-brokered ceasefire reached last month.
Residents said government's institutions to start working in al-Waer amid heavy presence for regime army and security forces.
On December 10, 300 fighters together with 400 members of their families, left al-Waer, the last rebel-held area of Homs as part of a rare local ceasefire deal negotiated between the opposition and the government.
The fighters and their families were being moved to rebel-held areas of the northwest near the Turkish border.
Meanwhile, more than 100 humanitarian and U.N. agencies called Thursday for an end to the war in Syria, appealing to governments and people around the world to add their voices to the demand for an end to the 'carnage.'
Oxfam, Save the Children, Caritas International, nearly 30 UNICEF branches and others called for an unconditional ceasefire to allow delivery of aid, freedom of movement for civilians, protection of hospitals, schools and water supplies, and the lifting of all sieges.
Also in Homs, at least 53 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in the western neighborhoods of the city when a barrel-bomb factory exploded in a military base, well-informed source said.
Regime forces and state-run media were very discreet over the huge explosion that turned the depot to rubble and the echos of the explosion were heard across the city.
Barrel bombs which have killed thousands of Syrians are made of a large barrel-shaped metal container that has been filled with high explosives, possibly shrapnel, oil or chemicals as well.
Homs, once dubbed "the capital of the revolution", came under full government control last month after a ceasefire deal with rebels.
The United Nations says at least 260,000 people have been killed, 6.6 million people have been displaced in Syria and 13.5 million need humanitarian assistance.
Three trucks loaded by fuel and 500 gas cylinders were entered to al-Awer in biding to the U.N.-brokered ceasefire reached last month.
Residents said government's institutions to start working in al-Waer amid heavy presence for regime army and security forces.
On December 10, 300 fighters together with 400 members of their families, left al-Waer, the last rebel-held area of Homs as part of a rare local ceasefire deal negotiated between the opposition and the government.
The fighters and their families were being moved to rebel-held areas of the northwest near the Turkish border.
Meanwhile, more than 100 humanitarian and U.N. agencies called Thursday for an end to the war in Syria, appealing to governments and people around the world to add their voices to the demand for an end to the 'carnage.'
Oxfam, Save the Children, Caritas International, nearly 30 UNICEF branches and others called for an unconditional ceasefire to allow delivery of aid, freedom of movement for civilians, protection of hospitals, schools and water supplies, and the lifting of all sieges.
Also in Homs, at least 53 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in the western neighborhoods of the city when a barrel-bomb factory exploded in a military base, well-informed source said.
Regime forces and state-run media were very discreet over the huge explosion that turned the depot to rubble and the echos of the explosion were heard across the city.
Barrel bombs which have killed thousands of Syrians are made of a large barrel-shaped metal container that has been filled with high explosives, possibly shrapnel, oil or chemicals as well.
Homs, once dubbed "the capital of the revolution", came under full government control last month after a ceasefire deal with rebels.
The United Nations says at least 260,000 people have been killed, 6.6 million people have been displaced in Syria and 13.5 million need humanitarian assistance.
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