The evacuation of Homs gets underway

Eyewitnesses say rebels and their families have begun leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs.

The Russian-backed deal with the government is expected to be among the largest evacuations of its kind.


What is happening?

Several buses drove out of the al-Waer district in Homs. It was an early centre of the popular uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

They were accompanied by SARC ambulances, eyewitnesses say.

Police officers searched people before the buses drove ou…
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