Syrians gather around a Russian soldier as opposition fighters and their families prepare to be evacuated from the Waer neighbourhood, the last opposition-held district in the central city of Homs, on May 21, 2017. In five months, the Syrian rebels, crushed by the regime's troops backed by Russia and Iran, lost their stronghold Aleppo, Syria's second city, their last quarters in Damascus and now the Waer district, their last bastion in Homs. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
