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Associated Press: Thousands expected to be evacuated in Syria after blast

Published April 16, 2017 at 2:45 pm

Buses carrying Syrians, evacuated from two besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, arrive at Aleppo's Ramousseh crossing as they make their way to a makeshift shelter in Jibrin on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo, on April 15, as part of a deal between the opposition and the Syrian government.

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BEIRUT — An opposition activist group and a TV station run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah say more than 3,000 people are expected to be evacuated from four villages as part of a population transfer that was briefly stalled by a deadly blast that killed scores.

The United Nations is not overseeing the transfer deal of the villages of Foua and Kfraya, besieged by rebels, and Madaya and Zabadani, encircled by the government.