(Zaman Al Wasl)- After seven hours of being held by a Shiite militia at the gate of central Homs city, 55 evacuation buses have continued their way to northern Idlib province, activists said Sunday.
Asaeb Ahll al-Haq has blocked the evacuation route of hundreds of rebels and their families who were heading Idlib province over a surrender deal with Russia in southwestern Syria.
Russian efforts have succeeded to press on the Iranian militia to let the convoy breaks through, sources said.
The convoy included 800 children and 700 women
Under the deal, more convoys are expected to follow from the southwestern province, which is located adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights region.
On Saturday, the first convoy of evacuees from Quneitra province arrived in opposition-held Idlib province.
The convoy of 40 buses carried around 500 evacuees, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter in the region.
A similar deal was implemented recently in Syria’s southwestern Daraa province, according to which regime forces -- along with Russian military police -- were allowed to deploy along the nearby border with Jordan.
Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected ferocity.
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