Homs ceasefire extended for 3 days

A humanitarian ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homs was extended on Thursday for three more days, Talal al-Barazi, the city’s governor said. 

“The ceasefire has been extended for an additional three days, starting from today, to allow the evacuation of the remaining civilians,” the governor announced.

He added that a total of 1,400 people had been evacuated from the besieged Old City since last Friday, when the U.N.-brokered ceasefire began. Of those, 220 were still undergoing background checks, he said, meaning they were being detained for questioning.