Syria evacuees on move again after 48-hour delay

Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again yesterday after being stuck for 48 hours at a transit point where a bomber killed dozens of their fellow townspeople, reports AFP.
By Friday afternoon, most of the 45 buses carrying civilians and loyalist fighters from the besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya had left the marshalling area in rebel-held Rashidin, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Dozens of armed rebels were guarding the buses at Rashidin for fear of another attack.
All of the 11 buses evacuating civilians and fighters from Zabadani and two other rebel-held areas around Damascus were also on the move, according to the Observatory, a Britain-based monitoring group. The buses from Fuaa and Kafraya entered second city Aleppo, under full government control since December, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
The buses from Zabadani and surrounding areas headed for rebel-held Idlib province in the northwest.

Syria evacuees on move again after 48-hour delay

Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again yesterday after being stuck for 48 hours at a transit point where a bomber killed dozens of their fellow townspeople, reports AFP. By Friday afternoon, most of the 45 buses carrying civilians and loyalist fighters from the besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya had left the marshalling area in rebel-held Rashidin, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Dozens of armed rebels were guarding the buses at Rashidin for fear of another attack. All of the 11 buses evacuating civilians and fighters from Zabadani and two other rebel-held areas around Damascus were also on the move, according to the Observatory, a Britain-based monitoring group. The buses from Fuaa and Kafraya entered second city Aleppo, under full government control since December, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. The buses from Zabadani and surrounding areas headed for rebel-held Idlib province in the northwest.