pThousands of people prepared to leave northern Homs, one of the last besieged areas held by opposition forces in Syria, on May 7.ppFour thousand people in al-Rastana 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.ppAs many as 30,000 will leave northern Homs, where opposition militias reached a ceasefire agreementa with Russian and Syrian forces last week, local news outlets reporteda.