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The Latest: More Syrian rebels leave Homs under truce deal

FILE -- In this Jan. 13, 2016 file photo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India. Al-Moallem is on a four-day official visit to India. An internationally-brokered cease-fire for Syria is still viable, al-Moallem said in a TV interview broadcast Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 and President Bashar Assad’s administration is prepared to take part in a unity government. The interview on Mayadeen TV came as a second group of rebel gunmen and their families began evacuating the opposition neighborhood of al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, in central Syria this month. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)
FILE -- In this Jan. 13, 2016 file photo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India. Al-Moallem is on a four-day official visit to India. An internationally-brokered cease-fire for Syria is still viable, al-Moallem said in a TV interview broadcast Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 and President Bashar Assad’s administration is prepared to take part in a unity government. The interview on Mayadeen TV came as a second group of rebel gunmen and their families began evacuating the opposition neighborhood of al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, in central Syria this month. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

By Associated Press 3 min read

BEIRUT (AP) – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

3 p.m.

A Syrian official says a second round of rebel evacuations from the central city of Homs is underway.

Homs governor Talal Barazi says 120 gunmen and their families are expected to depart al-Waer neighborhood by bus as part of an arrangement to restore government authority over the rebellious district.

The government is permitting food and medical assistance to enter the besieged neighborhood in exchange for the evacuations.