Syrian security forces raise the government flag in the main square of the town of Talbiseh in the central Homs province on May 16, 2018 after they took control of it as rebels and their relatives were evacuated. The Syrian government retook full control of central Syria on May 16 as rebels and their relatives were transferred from the last pockets still outside the regime's grasp.
The evacuations from areas straddling the boundary between Homs and Hama provinces came under a deal between rebel