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

Published: 28 Dec 2015 - 06:03 pm | Last Updated: 15 Nov 2021 - 08:40 pm
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A convoy of ambulances carrying more than 125 fighters from the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Zabadani arrive at the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, December 28, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

 

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 U.N.-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.

Reuters