No date set for rebel pullout from Syria's Homs - governor


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 May 2014

A view shows an empty street at al-Dablan, a government-controlled area of Homs, March 13, 2014. Picture taken March 13, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The timing of an evacuation of rebels from the central Syrian city of Homs under a deal with government forces has not been set and could still take days to arrange, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.

The withdrawal of the insurgents from Homs - a city once called "the capital of the revolution" - would amount to a major symbolic victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but has been delayed since a ceasefire was agreed on Friday.

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