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Buses carrying 450 evacuees from besieged areas in Syria cross to Turkey, Lebanon

BEIRUT - Buses and ambulances carrying around 450 fighters and civilians evacuated from two besieged areas in Syria have crossed into Turkey and Lebanon, sources at the border crossings said.

 

Under a UN-sponsored deal agreed by warring parties, more than 125 fighters from the besieged rebel-held town of Zabadani near the border with Lebanon are en route to Beirut airport to board a plane to Turkey.

 

Simultaneously, around 330 civilians and injured fighters trapped in two pro-government Shi'ite villages in northwest Syria are heading to the Turkish city of Hatay to take a plane to Beirut, aid workers said.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.28.15, 17:28