Syrians evacuate Homs as part of ceasefire, amid reports of attack
- 10 years ago
The exodus from Homs.
Residents of this besieged Syrian city slowly made their way beyond the bombed out rubble and tattered buildings of the Old City on Friday.
Amateur video showed streams of people - mostly elderly - taking advantage of a three-day humanitarian ceasefire while they can.
They were 83 people in all.
Living in the Old City for a year and a half under a government siege.
Most were malnourished, the World Food Program said.
Awaiting them - a United Nations convoy and aid workers.
It was the first concrete result of peace talks aimed at ending the civil war.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SPEAKING TO CAMERA WHILE PEOPLE WALK IN THE ROAD BEHIND HIM, MAN SAYING:
"Today the agreement of ceasefire and evacuation operation has started. And we can see now the crowd of the people who are trying to prepare themselves, to went out of siege….We are waiting for the delegation of the United Nations and the
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Residents of this besieged Syrian city slowly made their way beyond the bombed out rubble and tattered buildings of the Old City on Friday.
Amateur video showed streams of people - mostly elderly - taking advantage of a three-day humanitarian ceasefire while they can.
They were 83 people in all.
Living in the Old City for a year and a half under a government siege.
Most were malnourished, the World Food Program said.
Awaiting them - a United Nations convoy and aid workers.
It was the first concrete result of peace talks aimed at ending the civil war.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SPEAKING TO CAMERA WHILE PEOPLE WALK IN THE ROAD BEHIND HIM, MAN SAYING:
"Today the agreement of ceasefire and evacuation operation has started. And we can see now the crowd of the people who are trying to prepare themselves, to went out of siege….We are waiting for the delegation of the United Nations and the
Crescent t