Local peace deal agreed in Syria's Homs - state TV


Civilians walk past the new clock tower in the old city of Homs June 3, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government officials said on Tuesday they had agreed on a deal for opposition fighters to withdraw from the last insurgent-held area of the city of Homs with their weapons as part of a local ceasefire agreement.

Sources told Reuters earlier on Tuesday that Syrian and United Nations officials had been meeting in Homs, a major battleground on Syria's north-south highway, to try to finalise a deal following a ceasefire in the city's Waer district.

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