5,000 Evacuated from Syria’s Foua, Kefraya, 2nd Convoy to Leave Tonight (+Photos)
DAMASCUS (Tasnim) – Around 5,000 residents of Syria’s predominantly Shiite towns of Foua and Kefraya were evacuated in the wee hours of Friday under an exchange deal that entails the transfer of anti-government militants from the towns of Zabadani and Madaya.
Residents of Foua and Kefraya were evacuated on board 75 buses at 2 a.m. local time and were transported to Ramouseh area on the outskirts of Aleppo, waiting for the buses carrying militants and civilians from Zabadani and Madaya to be transferred to the town of Jarabulus as part of an evacuation deal, according to Tasnim dispatches.
The exit of 45 more buses from Foua and Kefraya has been postponed until Friday night due to time limits.
In the meantime, Tasnim learnt that the buses carrying residents of Foua and Kefraya have been targeted by at least 10 mortar rounds fired by the terrorist groups.
The mortar attacks wounded a woman and a child, and pulled one of the buses out of service.
Foua and Kefraya in the northwestern province of Idlib are encircled by Takfiri terrorists. The militant-held towns of Zabadani and Madaya near the Lebanese border are under siege by Syrian government forces.
Foua and Kefraya are the only government-held enclave in Idlib’s militant-held area.
The towns of some 20,000 people have been under siege since 2013. The humanitarian situation remains dire, with a lack of food and basic necessities.
