Civilians Evacuate Fua'a, Kafraya in Northeastern Idlib

Over 7,000 residents of the besieged towns of Fua'a and Kafraya in the Northeastern countryside of Idlib left the region after a relevant agreement was struck between the militants and the Syrian government.

News ID: 71281

Date: 19 July 2018 - 15:23

TEHRAN (Defapress)- On Thursday that the operations to evacuate thousands of civilians besieged in Fua'a and Kafraya to areas in Southern Aleppo ended.

Meantime, the Arabic website of Sputnik news agency quoted Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria Major General Alexei Tsiganov as saying that based on the agreements with the terrorist groups, over 7,000 civilians left the two towns.

Also, field reports said that over 40 buses carrying residents of Fua'a and Kafraya were transferred to the temporary shelters in Jabrin region of Aleppo.

121 buses and tens of ambulances had on Wednesday entered the two towns, which were under the terrorist groups' siege for over 3 years, to evacuate the residents through Tal al-Ais passageway in Aleppo.

Idlib is one of the de-escalation zones created during the Astana reconciliation talks. While the government forces have by now recovered authority over most of the country, Idlib remains largely under militants' control.

The army is advancing rapidly against terrorists in Dara'a and is expected to purge Southern Syria of terrorists soon.

The Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria had previously warned militants in Dara'a not to go Idlib as the army planned to launch a large-scale military operation to free Idlib in the next stage.

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