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In pictures: Thousands of displaced Syrians were heading home after ceasefire deal
Under the agreement announced Friday after talks between rebels and regime ally Moscow, opposition fighters will hand over territory in the southern province of Daraa near the Jordanian border.
Syrians wait to be evacuated from the rebel-held town of Rastan in a convoy of buses on May 7, 2018, after rebels and civilians were granted safe passage to the rebel-held town of Jarabulus, in Aleppo province, following a new deal between rebel fighters and the government. Opposition fighters agreed with regime forces and their allies to a ceasefire the previous week for parts of Syria’s central provinces of Hama and Homs, including the rebel towns of Talbisseh, Rastan, and Al-Houla.
Syrian families return to their homes in towns and villages situated on the eastern outskirts of Daraa on June 6, 2018.
Syrians wait to be evacuated from the rebel-held town of Rastan in a convoy of buses on May 7, 2018. Opposition fighters agreed with regime forces and their allies to a ceasefire the previous week for parts of Syria’s central provinces of Hama and Homs, including the rebel towns of Talbisseh, Rastan, and Al-Houla.
Syrians board buses prior to being evacuated from the rebel-held town of Rastan on May 7, 2018, after rebels and civilians were granted safe passage to the rebel-held town of Jarabulus, in Aleppo province, following a new deal between rebel fighters and the government.
Syrians gather at a departure point prior to being evacuated from the rebel-held town of Rastan, in Syria’s central Homs province, in a convoy of buses on May 7, 2018, after rebels and civilians were granted safe passage to the rebel-held town of Jarabulus, in Aleppo province, following a new deal between rebel fighters and the government.
Syrians wait to be evacuated from the rebel-held town of Rastan in a convoy of buses on May 7, 2018, after rebels and civilians were granted safe passage to the rebel-held town of Jarabulus, in Aleppo province, following a new deal between rebel fighters and the government. Opposition fighters agreed with regime forces and their allies to a ceasefire the previous week for parts of Syria’s central provinces of Hama and Homs, including the rebel towns of Talbisseh, Rastan, and Al-Houla.
Syrians return to their homes in towns and villages situated on the eastern outskirts of Daraa on June 6, 2018. The Syrian regime reached a ceasefire deal with rebels in the country’s south, the official SANA news agency said.
A boy sits atop a vehicle carrying his family’s personal belongings and animals as displaced Syrians return to their homes in towns and villages situated on the eastern outskirts of Daraa on July 7, 2018. Thousands of displaced Syrians headed home after rebels and the government reached a ceasefire deal in the south following more than two weeks of deadly bombardment.
