Syrian rebels resume evacuation of Homs - governor


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  • Saturday, 25 Mar 2017

Buses carrying rebel fighters and their families who evacuated the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs arrive on the southern outskirts of the Syrian city of al-Bab, Syria March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The second phase of an evacuation of Syrian rebels in Homs as part of a deal to surrender the city's last insurgent pocket of al-Waer to the government has been delayed until Monday, a senior official and a war monitor said on Saturday.

Homs Province governor Talal Barazi was cited by city officials in a message to Reuters as saying the operation would continue on Monday after having earlier said it would go ahead as planned on Saturday.

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