Red Cross urges U.S. and Russia to help unblock aid delivery in Syria

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Switzerlands Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, briefs the media after his mission to Syria, during a press conference at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Maurer says he had `positive' talks with Syrian president on detainees and aid. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on the United States and Russia to also address the obstacles to delivering aid in Syria at talks on Thursday focusing on the use of chemical weapons. Syrian government forces and opposition rebels are both preventing medical assistance in particular from reaching the sick and wounded, viewing it as "military support for the other side", ICRC President Peter Maurer said on Wednesday. …

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