#ceasefire to allow Syrian #rebels to flee #Homs
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Syrian authorities and rebel fighters agreed to 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, 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 pro-government forces. Government troops, backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, have pushed back the rebels and foreign jihadists from around Damascus and central #syria over the last year. read more