Syria deal for rebels to leave last Homs district – governor

1 December 2015, 5:39 pm

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Syria’s government and opposition forces have reached a deal for rebels to leave the last part of Homs city under their control, the provincial governor tells AFP Tuesday.

The deal, to be implemented over two months, will see the city once dubbed “the capital of the revolution” come fully under the control of the government.

Under the agreement, according to governor Talal Barazi, some 2,000 rebels will quit the city’s Waer district in several stages.

Some families of rebels will also leave.

In return, the regime will lift its siege of the district, which is in the west of the central city, and end its military operations against Waer, which is the frequent target of government shelling.

— AFP