Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says the Syrian army has delayed its military operation against armed groups in some parts of the besieged city of Homs in order to avoid civilian casualties.
“I know one thing -- that the military operation was delayed because there are civilians in this part of Homs which the army does not want to harm,” Muallem told Turkish journalists. Four Western journalists are also trapped in the Baba Amro district of Homs, two of them wounded. Muallem said the Syrian government was doing its best to rescue the journalists .... Read more at http://www.presstv.ir
