Syrian rebels,civilians evacuating last stronghold in country's center

Syrian rebel militants, their relatives and other civilians have begun to leave the country's last major rebel stronghold. 

Hundreds of fighters are boarding buses along with their families in a pocket of territory lying in central Syria, between Homs and Hama, under an evacuation deal reached



with the government.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 25 buses had so far left rebel-controlled areas north of Homs for the northern province of Aleppo, and it is expected that more vehicles are to join this first convoy.