U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has completed a brief tour of the former rebel stronghold of Baba Amr in Homs. Speaking to reporters in Damascus Thursday, Amos said the neighborhood is “completely destroyed.” She said most residents have fled the area following a nearly month-long military siege. A spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross said relief workers have also found that most Baba Amr residents have fled.

Hicham Hassan: “The Syrian Arab Red Crescent finally got in the neighborhood of Baba Amr today. The team stayed only for around 45 minutes. Volunteers told us later, after they had left, that most inhabitants had left the neighborhood to areas, be it within the city of Homs or outside the city of Homs, such as the village of Abel that we had reached today with the Syrian Red Crescent in order to assist the people. This means that hundreds of families are around in Homs or in other areas.”