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Syrian Rebels Flee Homs in Evacuation Deal as Cease-Fire Fails
IN PICTURES: The agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army applies to the Waer district of the central Homs region.

Syria's five-year-old war pits Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russia, Iran and Arab Shi'ite Muslim militias, against myriad Sunni Muslim rebel groups, including some supported by the United States, Turkey and Gulf Arab states.

The conflict's devastating human toll includes hundreds of thousands of casualties from poison gas attacks, air raids on hospitals, and starvation. Nearly half the country's population of 22 million have been displaced.

A seven-day cease-fire negotiated by the United States and Russia collapsed last week amid violence flared up around the country once again.

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A bus with Syrian rebels and their families evacuating the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs is pictured after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria, Sept. 22, 2016. The graffiti on the sign reads in Arabic:
A bus with Syrian rebels and their families evacuating the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs is pictured after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria, Sept. 22, 2016. The graffiti on the sign reads in Arabic:" Assad or nobody, only Bashar." Photo:Reuters
A rebel fighter walks into a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
A rebel fighter walks into a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
A rebel fighter (L) walks next to Syrian Army soldiers prior to evacuating the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
A rebel fighter (L) walks next to Syrian Army soldiers prior to evacuating the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
Syrian Army soldiers (foreground) stand guard as Syrian rebels and their families wait to ride a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
Syrian Army soldiers (foreground) stand guard as Syrian rebels and their families wait to ride a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
A child, a relative of a rebel fighter, rides a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
A child, a relative of a rebel fighter, rides a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
Syrian rebels and their families carry their luggage into a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
Syrian rebels and their families carry their luggage into a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
A rebel fighter reacts while walking next to Syrian Army soldiers prior to evacuating the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
A rebel fighter reacts while walking next to Syrian Army soldiers prior to evacuating the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
A Syrian rebel and his family walk towards a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016.
A Syrian rebel and his family walk towards a bus to evacuate the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, after a local agreement reached between rebels and Syria's army, Syria Sept. 22, 2016. Photo:Reuters
Published 22 September 2016
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