Syria: Red Crescent

Red Crescent: Khaled Erksoussi, the Red Crescent's head of operations, says the group was notified that a ceasefire in Homs that ended Sunday has been extended "for a few days." , according to CBC. Some reports said the UN-brokered ceasefire in Homs was renewed on Monday for three more days. A Syrian Red Crescent official says about 300 more people were removed Monday from besieged, rebel-held neighbourhoods of Syria's third-largest city, Homs. The day's evacuations brought to around 1,000 the number of people brought out of Homs since Friday, when the truce began. The Red Crescent has also delivered some food aid into the districts, despite shelling, though none was taken in on Monday, Erksoussi said. Syria's civil war: key facts, important players Syria's growing refugee crisis Syria chemical weapons deadlines will be met, Russia says (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.