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SYRIA / HOMS TRUCE EXTENSION
STORY: SYRIA / HOMS DEADLINE EXTENSION
TRT: 2:16
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 7 FEBRUARY 2014, OLD HOMS, SYRIA
1. Wide shot, Syrians on the rebel side carrying an old man to the evacuation point
2. Wide shot, old man emotionally argues with fellow refugee
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Unidentified resident
“We started eating weeds and after that, what was left for us to eat? We started grinding coriander and wheat and cinnamon. We are eating that, thank God. We don't have anything else. What should we be eating: animals or cats?”
4. Wide shot, buses waiting to leave with refugees inside
5. Wide shot, buses leaving followed by Red Crescent ambulance
6. Wide shot, food supplies given out to refugees by IOM and other NGOs
7. Wide shot, Old Syrian refugees interviewed by the press
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Baher Keilani, Head of the Youth Department of Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC):
“Several shelters have been set up in several areas in Homs to receive the people who are going to leave. People who are to come out are free to move, if they want to go to any area they wish). Food assistance has been prepared and offices of the United Nations will distribute an amount of money to the families that are coming out. At the first stage, a small number of people will be evacuated from the Old City. The success of our mission is so vital for us so that we will be able to go on in the second day and in the third day.”
9. Wide shot, Syrian men walking with their belongings through the streets of Homs
10. Med shot, street signs with destroyed buildings of Homs
11. Wide shot, men sitting in the destroyed streets of rebel controlled parts of Homs
12. Wide shot, civilians walking through the streets of Homs
The Syrian government and opposition agreed to extend a three-day truce in Old Homs to allow humanitarian access, after it was broken on Saturday.
Since Friday (7 Feb), humanitarian teams working with the local authorities, representatives of all sides and community leaders, in extremely dangerous circumstances, managed to evacuate more than 800 people and bring vital food and medical supplies to those who have been besieged with little aid for nearly two years.
Residents described the difficulties they faced.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Unidentified resident
“We started eating weeds and after that, what was left for us to eat? We started grinding coriander and wheat and cinnamon. We are eating that, thank God. We don't have anything else. What should we be eating: animals or cats?”
After crossing from the Old City into the government- controlled area, the men women and children were transported in buses to a nearby centre.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) is helping to coordinate the response.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Baher Keilani, Head of the Youth Department of Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC):
“Several shelters have been set up in several areas in Homs to receive the people who are going to leave. People who are to come out are free to move, if they want to go to any area they wish). Food assistance has been prepared and offices of the United Nations will distribute an amount of money to the families that are coming out. At the first stage, a small number of people will be evacuated from the Old City. The success of our mission is so vital for us so that we will be able to go on in the second day and in the third day.”
UN agencies say millions more are in need of humanitarian relief across the war torn country.
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