Syria agrees to humanitarian assessment mission: UN

AFP, Friday 9 Mar 2012

Damascus approves of 'preliminary humanitarian assessment mission' aimed at assisting civilians in violence-torn Syrian cities

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Friday that the Syrian government had agreed to a "preliminary humanitarian assessment mission" for people who are in need of help in battered Syrian cities.

"We have agreed on a joint preliminary humanitarian assessment mission to areas where people urgently need assistance," Amos said in Ankara, where she arrived following a two-day visit to Syria.

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