By Marwan Makdesi HOMS, Syria, May 9 (Reuters) - Around 270 Syrian
rebels granted safe exit under a complex
Deal with President Bashar al-Assad's forces are being held in
Homs by the army after insurgents elsewhere failed to uphold their side of the agreement, Syrian officials said on Friday. Following a year of siege, around 1,200
rebels and residents in the Old City of
Homs left the city on buses this week in exchange for the release of dozens of captives held by
rebels in the **rthern provinces of Aleppo and Latakia. Officials said
rebels had also agreed to allow aid into two **rthern Shi'ite towns besieged by the opposition, Nubl and al-Zahraa, but as of Friday a convoy of food and medical relief was stuck at insurgent checkpoints outside the towns. The officials, who spoke on condition of a**nymity, said that the remaining 270
rebels will only be let out of
Homs when the aid reaches Nubl and Zahraa.
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