A new deal has been reached to evacuate eastern Aleppo, after the original pact broke down over violations by terrorist militants.
More than 9,000 of militants, members of their families and civilians had been evacuated from Aleppo’s east. But the evacuation was suspended on Friday after the militants took hostages, the remains of Syrian Army troops, and prohibited weapons with them, Syria’s Ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari told RT.
Reuters news agency on Saturday, quoted a Syrian government official as saying that the stalled evacuation of Aleppo would resume, alongside some evacuations from the besieged twons of Foua, Kefraya, Madaya and Zabadani.
“It was agreed to resume evacuations from east Aleppo in parallel with the evacuation of (medical) cases from Kefraya and al-Foua and some cases from Zabadani and Madaya,” said the government official, part of the evacuations negotiating team.
The agency also quoted a militant commander as reporting the deal.
Speaking from Aleppo to news channel al-Arabiya al-Hadath, al-Farouk Abu Bakr said the deal comprised an evacuation from the besieged villages of Foua and Kefraya, the evacuation of wounded people from two towns near the Lebanese border, and the full evacuation of east Aleppo.
Source: Agencies
