(Zaman Al Wasl)- 1450 people, including 358 women and 443 children, have been evacuated from Wear neighborhood on Saturday, in a third batch resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind under a Russian-backed deal with the regime, local reporter said.
The evacuation began ten days ago with the regime shuttling hundreds of people from the district in Homs, which was an early center of the 2011 uprising that spiraled into war.
Meanwhile, 5300 people have left the central city of Homs to the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, according to Zaman al-Wasl report.
Between 10,000-15,000 rebels and civilians were expected to leave in weekly batches.
Opposition activists have criticized the agreement, saying it aims to displace 12,000 al-Waer residents, including 2,500 fighters. The government has rejected those allegations.
Although rebels launched their biggest offensive in months last week, they have been on the back foot in Syria since Russia intervened on the side of Bashar al-Assad's regime in the autumn of 2015.
Over the past year, the regime has accelerated its drive to push rebel-held pockets to surrender under evacuation deals similar to the one in force in Homs.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitoring group, has said that about 40,000 civilians and more than 2,500 fighters live in besieged al-Waer.
The evacuation began ten days ago with the regime shuttling hundreds of people from the district in Homs, which was an early center of the 2011 uprising that spiraled into war.
Meanwhile, 5300 people have left the central city of Homs to the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, according to Zaman al-Wasl report.
Between 10,000-15,000 rebels and civilians were expected to leave in weekly batches.
Opposition activists have criticized the agreement, saying it aims to displace 12,000 al-Waer residents, including 2,500 fighters. The government has rejected those allegations.
Although rebels launched their biggest offensive in months last week, they have been on the back foot in Syria since Russia intervened on the side of Bashar al-Assad's regime in the autumn of 2015.
Over the past year, the regime has accelerated its drive to push rebel-held pockets to surrender under evacuation deals similar to the one in force in Homs.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitoring group, has said that about 40,000 civilians and more than 2,500 fighters live in besieged al-Waer.
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