Some 2,000 rebels and civilians were to begin leaving besieged opposition-held districts of Homs city in central Syria on Wednesday under a deal between fighters and the government. Activists on the ground said two buses arrived in Homs early morning to begin the first of the evacuations. Injured people who have been trapped in the Old City and surrounding areas for nearly two years under a tight government siege are to be the first to leave. Under the deal negotiated with assistance of Iran's ambassador to Damascus, the group will be taken to an opposition-held area in the **rth of Homs province, according to a rebel negotiator.
05-07-2014, 12:23 PM
Evacuation of Syria's Homs rebel districts to begin
Some 2,000 rebels and civilians were to begin leaving besieged opposition-held districts of Homs city in central Syria on Wednesday under a deal between fighters and the government. Activists on the ground said two buses arrived in Homs early morning to begin the first of the evacuations. Injured people who have been trapped in the Old City and surrounding areas for nearly two years under a tight government siege are to be the first to leave. Under the deal negotiated with assistance of Iran's ambassador to Damascus, the group will be taken to an opposition-held area in the **rth of Homs province, according to a rebel negotiator.
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