Red Cross pressing for aid access in Syria

Red Cross pressing for aid access in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross pressed Syria today to give aid workers access to civilians endangered by shelling and armed clashes while fresh violence raised doubts that President Bashar Assad’s regime will adhere to a U.N. peace plan. Syria has accepted an April 10 deadline to comply with the conditions laid out by international envoy Kofi Annan, which include withdrawing government forces from populated areas and observing a cease-fire — first by the regime, then by the rebels — and talks by all sides on a political solution.