Hundreds of people were evacuated Friday from Syria\u2019s southwestern Quneitra province to opposition-held parts of Idlib, in line with an agreement between the Assad regime and armed opposition groups.
\nUnder the terms of the agreement, a total of 1,500 people — in 40 vehicles — are expected to leave the southern province, which is located adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights region.
\nThe agreement provides opposition fighters with safe exit to Idlib in exchange for surrendering their heavy weapons.
\nA similar deal was implemented recently in Syria\u2019s southern Daraa province, according to which regime forces — along with Russian military police — were allowed to deploy along the nearby border with Jordan.
\nSyria 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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