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Newshour: Syrian Rebel Fighters Evacuate Homs

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Syrian Rebel Fighters Evacuate Homs

18/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Syrian Rebel Fighters Evacuate Homs

Syrian opposition fighters and their families begin evacuating Homs enclave of al-Wair

Buses have begun transporting Syrian rebel fighters and their families out of al-Wair district of Homs, under a Russian-backed evacuation deal.

Also on the programme: French prosecutor says Paris Orly airport attacker was radicalised in prison; and according to Peruvian authorities at least 72 people have died in the worst floods and mudslides in the country in the past two decades.

(Photo: Syrian rebels and their families preparing to board buses ahead of their evacuation from the rebel-held al-Wair neighbourhood. Credit: AFP)

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