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A rebel fighter, holding his rifle and bag, walks toward a bus to evacuate the al-Waer neighborhood in Syria's central city of Homs toward rebel-held areas in northern Syria, on May 20, 2017. Rebels and their families have been evacuating their last remaining stronghold of al-Waer in Homs since March, with the last batch is leaving that neighborhood on Saturday. Since March, 10 batches of rebels and their relatives have left al-Waer, with the total number of evacuees estimated at 18,000 people, including rebels and civilians. (Xinhua/Hummam Sheikh Ali)