Syrian authorities and rebel fighters agreed a 24-hour Ceasefire in the Old City district of Homs on Friday to allow besieged rebels to pull out of their last stronghold in the central Syrian city, a monitoring group and television stations said. A final rebel withdrawal from the city once dubbed the "capital of the revolution" would mark a significant and symbolic military advance by forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, one month before his likely re-election as president. Assad's forces, backed by fighters from Leba**n's militant Hezbollah group and Iraqi Shi'ite gunmen, have pushed back the mainly Sunni Muslim rebels and foreign jihadis from around Damascus and central Syria over the last year. Hundreds of civilians were evacuated from central Homs in early February during a humanitarian Ceasefire overseen by the United Nations and Red Crescent.
05-08-2014, 04:01 PM
Ceasefire in Syria's Homs to allow rebel withdrawal
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