Two thousand Syrian Islamist fighters, including ISIS and Nusra Front militants, were expected to be evacuated soon from besieged, rebel-held areas of southern Damascus in a deal brokered by the U.N., Reuters said Friday.
Eighteen buses had arrived in the al Qadm area of Damascus to take them and 1,500 family members away from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk and adjoining al Hajar al Aswad - a stronghold of ISIS fighters - to areas under the control of ISIS and other rebel groups, it said.
It was not clear whether the buses were provided by the United Nations or by the Syrian army.
Eighteen buses had arrived in the al Qadm area of Damascus to take them and 1,500 family members away from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk and adjoining al Hajar al Aswad - a stronghold of ISIS fighters - to areas under the control of ISIS and other rebel groups, it said.
It was not clear whether the buses were provided by the United Nations or by the Syrian army.
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