Syria's Red Crescent workers along with representatives from the international Red Cross on Monday distributed relief aid to around 600 restive people at unrest-hit neighborhoods in central Homs province, an official said.

The relief aid materials were distributed to 600 people in al- Barazil and Insha'at neighborhoods in Homs, Khalid Ariksusi, head of the operation section in the Syrian Red Crescent, told Xinhua by phone Monday.

He said the displaced families have started to return to their homes, adding that his humanitarian organization hasn't entered the focal point neighborhood of Baba Amr yet.

He reiterated his previous statement that their priority is to reach the people in need.

Meanwhile, the state TV showed Monday footage of Baba Amr with government workers removing rubles and debris from the streets there. It said that the area is now clean from armed groups.

Baba Amr has emerged as the epicenter of armed confrontation between troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and armed rebels comprising partly of army defectors.

Activists said Baba Amr has been under the army's bombardment for nearly a month, and hundreds of people have been killed in the area since Feb. 4, when the Syrian army started its assault on " armed groups."

The government said it was fighting armed terrorist groups and al-Qaida members, who have reportedly infiltrated into Syria to fight alongside the rebels.

The armed rebels in Baba Amr said in a statement carried by Arab TVs that they made a "tactical pullout" from the restive area due to shortage in weapons and deteriorating humanitarian conditions.

The Syrian government has accused some Arab and Western countries of providing weapons and financial support to the armed groups in Syria. It said in December 2011 that "armed terrorist groups" had killed more than 2,000 army and security personnel during the unrest.

The United Nations said recently that "well over" 7,500 people have died in Syria's violence.