Governor says 600 Evacuated from Syria's Embattled Homs

The governor of Syria's war-battered city of Homs says that more than 600 people were evacuated Sunday from rebel-held parts of the city.U.N. and Syrian Red Crescent workers rescued the large group on the third day of a cease-fire between rebels and government forces. Even so, eyewitness accounts say a number of women and children trying to leave the city were killed and wounded after being hit by mortar shells.Homs Governor Talal Barazi and Red Crescent officials said they were...

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