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Syrian rebels leave the Old City of Homs

Tuesday 13 May 2014 11:57 BST

Syrian army forces stand on a street at the entrance of Hamidiya market in the old city of Homs

Hundreds of rebels have been evacuated from their last stronghold in the central Syrian city of Homs. Two convoys of buses have so far left the Old City under a deal brokered by Iran and facilitated by the UN. The withdrawal is part of a deal that will also see rebels release dozens of captives and ease two sieges.

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Syrian army forces stand on a street at the entrance of Hamidiya market in the old city of Homs

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Hundreds of exhausted Syrian rebels withdrew from their last remaining strongholds in the heart of Homs, surrendering to President Bashar Assad a bloodstained city that was once the center of the revolt against him

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Rebel fighters wait to be evacuated from the Old City of Homs

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Rebel fighters queue as they wait to be evacuated from the Old City of Homs. After holding the Old City of Homs for nearly two years, around 1,200 rebel fighters and trapped civilians boarded buses which took them out of the "capital of the revolution" in convoys

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Syrian army forces stand on a street at the Old Clock Square in the old city of Homs. The last Syrian rebels in the besieged Old City of Homs were preparing to leave, on the second day of an evacuation deal reached with the government of President Bashar al-Assad

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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A general view for the destruction in the old city of Homs. Syria's third-largest city, has a strategic position linking the country's main north-south axis with the route to the government's strongholds on the Mediterranean coast

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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The last rebels were poised to leave the centre of the battleground Syrian city of Homs, handing a symbolic victory to President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a controversial election

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Syrian government forces look at damages in the old city of Homs

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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Debris lie on a deserted street in the old city of Homs after Syrian government forces regained control of rebel-controlled areas

In pictures: Homs left in tatters as rebels quit city

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A last group of Syrian rebels is on the way to leave the Old City of Homs, completing a negotiated pullout from the heart of the city, provincial governor Talal al-Barazi said

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