Terrorists give up arms under Homs evacuation deal

Foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists around Syria’s third city of Homs have begun surrendering their weapons to the government and Russian forces as part of an evacuation deal with Damascus.

According to Press TV, Friday marked the second day the terrorists were handing over their arms as part of the deal. Around 1,650 people, including militants and their supporters, were bussed out on Thursday and reached northern Syria the following morning.

"The militants are handing over their heavy and intermediate weapons to Russian and regime forces for the second consecutive day," the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

It included artillery and machine guns, said Rami Abdel-Rahman, the head of the London-based observatory.

Militants and their supporters will be granted safe passage to the town of Jarabulus in Aleppo Province, and the neighboring province of Idlib.

The Moscow-brokered deal came about on Wednesday, when Takfiri terrorists agreed to disarm and return the towns of Houla, Rastan, and Talbiseh and the villages around them to government control.

The deal also provided for the return of government institutions to the three towns and the reopening of a key highway that runs from the capital Damascus, through Homs, and onto second city Aleppo, in the north.

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