UN starts to evacuate 500 people from besieged Syria towns

April 20, 2016 23:09

Twenty-five men were evacuated from a rebel-held stronghold west of the Syrian capital today as part of a UN-backed evacuation of 500 people from four besieged towns.

The reporter said 15 of those evacuated from Zabadani were young men and the rest were elderly in need of medical attention.

Once their bus had cleared Zabadani's outskirts, the men stepped out to be checked by medical teams.

A total of 500 people were to be simultaneously evacuated Wednesday from four towns: Zabadani, nearby Madaya, which is also in rebel hands, and the government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya in northwest Idlib province.

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