Rebels Reach North Syria After South Evacuations

Hundreds of rebel fighters and their families arrived Saturday in northwestern Syria after their evacuation from a southern province under a deal with the regime, an AFP correspondent said.

Morek, Syrie, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jul, 2018 ) :Hundreds of rebel fighters and their families arrived Saturday in northwestern Syria after their evacuation from a southern province under a deal with the regime, an AFP correspondent said.

Air strikes by regime ally Russia, meanwhile, on a southern militants holdout killed six civilians, a Britain-based monitor said.

The evacuations from Quneitra province, which borders the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, came after a Russia-brokered agreement struck earlier this week for rebels to cede the territory to the Syrian regime.

Rebel elements who opposed the territorial handover were given the option to leave.

On Saturday afternoon, state news agency SANA said preparations were underway toferry a second wave of people from Quneitra to the north of Syria.

In the morning, a first wave of around 50 buses carrying opposition fighters and their families reached the Morek crossing on the edge of northwestern rebel-held Idlib province, an AFP correspondent at the scene said.