Thousands of people prepared to leave northern Homs, one of the last besieged areas held by opposition forces in Syria, on May 7.

Four thousand people in al-Rastan 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.

As many as 30,000 will leave northern Homs, where opposition militias reached a ceasefire agreement with Russian and Syrian forces last week, local news outlets reported. Credit: Qasioun News Agency via Storyful