18-03-2017 16:05 via yahoo.com

Hundreds quit last rebel-held district of Syria's Homs

Nearly 1,500 people, mostly civilians, left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal to bring Syria's third city under full government control.The evacuation of Waer, a northwestern district of the city that has been under siege by the army for years, is the latest in a series of "reconciliation" deals struck by the government that the rebels say amount to starving them out.Thousands are expected to leave Waer in the coming weeks in the
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