They are coming home to Homs.<br/> <br />Hundreds fill the streets after rebels left the central city as part of a deal with the government.<br/> <br />The Governor declares that the the city is clear of guns and fighters.<br/> <br />But it is a city in shambles.<br/> <br />Homs is considered the cradle of Syrian uprising. Now the rebels are gone. For some, little has been left behind.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMIDIYA RESIDENT, SAHAR AL-NAJJAR, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I could not enter my home through the door. I entered through a hole in the wall. Everything surrounding the house is damaged. The house has only columns."<br/> <br />A church stands in ruins. The courtyard is barren. Icons bare the scars of war.<br/> <br />A Greek Orthodox Bishop yearns for the past.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLITAN BISHOP, GEORGE ABOU ZAKHEM, SAYING:<br/> <br />"If such groups stay in the country, I don't think it will benefit the country. But if they leave the country, the country may get back to how it was."<br/> <br />The f
