Red Cross: 1.5 million in Syria lack basics

The conflict in Syria is transforming into a guerrilla war, with combatants carrying out ambushes and bombings instead of sustained battles, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning that more than 1.5 million Syrians are struggling to meet basic needs like food, water and shelter.

Fighting in the central city of Homs, where UN observers helped halt weeks of artillery attacks, and in the northern Syrian town of Idlib are now non-international armed conflicts, said Jakob Kellenberger, president of International Committee of the Red Cross. (AP)