Over 2,500 Jihadist Rebels and Their Families Leave Homs Bastion: Video

YemenExtra

M.A.

Around 2,500 anti-Syrian government fighters and their families were witnessed getting onto buses in Homs’ Al-Waer district bound for Jarablus in Aleppo governorate, Saturday, as part of a transfer deal, arranged and secured by Russia, aimed at reducing fighting in the region.

The buses transferring the evacuees were accompanied by Syrian security forces and Russian military police. The first militants group with  their families were evacuated on March 18.

On March 13, the Syrian government and fighters in Homs signed a convention with Russia acting as a guarantor. In accordance with the agreement, militants and their families agreed to leave Homs, while the Syrian government troops provided secure passage.