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'Humanitarian disaster' in Homs

Civilians injured in the siege of Homs are dying because they can't get access to basic medical help, reports CNN's Arwa Damon from Syria.

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CNN's Arwa Damon reports from a besieged neighbourhood in Homs where Syrians are dying of their wounds because they can't get the proper treatment.

Doctors and surgeons have been forced to set up makeshift clinics to treat civilians wounded by rocket attacks.

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