Evacuation Buses Enter Syria’s Foua, Kefraya Villages

Buses and ambulances entered the villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, under siege from terrorists in northwest Syria, on Wednesday as part of an agreement to evacuate residents, a report said.


Syrian negotiators reached a deal to evacuate thousands of people from the two Shiite villages in return for the release of hundreds of detainees in state prisons, Syrian state TV said on Tuesday.

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.
  (Tasnim)
 18/8/18
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 Related 15/4/17:

• Updated-Terrorist bombing carried out near buses transporting locals of Kefraya and al-Foua’a

• Explosion hits evacuation convoy in Syria. Unknown number of people had been killed
• A Syrian bus convoy transporting the residents of two villages being evacuated in a deal between warring parties has been hit by a blast on the outskirts of Aleppo, according to SANA news agency. Thirty nine people have been reportedly killed.