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| Syrian rebels 'leave Homs' under truce | Syrian rebels 'leave Homs' under truce |
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| Syrian rebels have begun evacuating from the last area they hold in the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government, a monitoring group has said. | |
| The deal means the entire city returns to government control. | |
| Those leaving are due go to areas of Idlib province still in rebel hands. | |
| Homs, in central Syria, was once dubbed the "capital of the revolution" and saw some of the first protests against President Bashar al-Assad, in 2011. | |
| The first bus has left the rebel-held area of Waer in Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. | |
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| Under the UN-backed ceasefire, food aid has reached the neighbourhood for the first time in nearly a year. | |
| In some areas, the government has allowed some groups to keep their weapons and a measure control over their own communities. | |
| Anti-government protests erupted in Homs, Syria's third city, in 2011. | |
| Soon, thousands of Homs residents were taking part in demonstrations despite a brutal crackdown by security forces and pro-Assad militiamen that left dozens dead. | |
| But in 2012 the Syrian military began a major operation to retake the city, bombarding rebel-held areas. |