The head of the Arab League has announced Syria has agreed to allow former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to visit Damascus on Saturday. Meanwhile, hundreds of Syrian troops have entered the city of Daraa, where anti-government demonstrations began nearly a year ago. At least one person was killed. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent are still seeking approval from Syrian authorities to enter the Baba Amr section of Homs to help civilians. Syrian armored forces recaptured Baba Amr after an almost month-long siege in which shelling reduced much of the district to rubble. Quoting “local sources,” Human Rights Watch says about 700 civilians had been killed and thousands wounded in Homs since a military assault in the city began on February 3. Paul Conroy, a British photographer who was injured in Homs, spoke to the media over the weekend about what he saw.

Paul Conroy: “It’s systematic slaughter. It’s not a war. The Free Syrian Army provide bread and meager defense. This is not a war, this is a massacre. We’re watching it. And once again, the world sits by and watches, and I have no answers for them people. Somebody has to break the geopolitical stalemate that is allowing this regime to crush the humanity out of Syria. It’s a crime beyond—of a scale I’ve never seen.”