<p>Thousands of people prepared to leave northern Homs, one of the last besieged areas held by opposition forces in Syria, on May 7.</p><p>Four thousand people in al-Rastan</a> prepared to board buses and ride toward northern Syria to territory held by opposition forces and not surrounded by the Syrian army and its allies.</p><p>As many as 30,000 will leave northern Homs, where opposition militias reached a ceasefire agreement</a> with Russian and Syrian forces last week, local news outlets reported</a>. Credit: Qasioun News Agency via Storyful</p><br />
