The Negotiating Committee in the besieged neighborhood of Al-Wa'ar, in Homs city, issued a brief statement on Friday announcing the postponement of the second evacuation, which was scheduled on Saturday afternoon due to fierce fighting in Hama countryside between the Syrian resistance and the regime and its militias.
The statement contained an explanation for those wishing to leave to the city of Idlib and registered in the batch today. The statement stressed that because of the ongoing battles near Hama and on the roads leading to Idlib, and after several meetings with the regime and the Russian party, it was agreed to postpone the batch scheduled to exit to Idlib until a later date.
The statement said that the names of the batch remain as they are until the announcement of the date of the new exit.
The first batch (1,550 people, including 400 fighters) evacuated last Saturday to Jarabluss, north-east of Aleppo through Salamiah-Khanaser, on a 22-hour journey.
Zaman al-Wasl received a table showing the forced displacement of the inhabitants of the al-Waer as follows:
- Northern Aleppo countryside (2220) families, and the number is expected to reach (28000) families, or about (12) thousand individuals.
- Idlib and its countryside (the first week) 1600 families, and the expectation that the number reaches (20000) families, or about 8,200 individuals.
- Northern Homs (in the first week) 600 families, and is expected to reach 6500 families, or about 2,800 people.
According to the table, one-third of all batches is young people, and two-thirds are women and children. Also, people who are injured and who have chronic diseases are expected to exit in the first batch according to the direction except Homs northern countryside.
The table indicated the displacement of the population, through ten batches at a rate of one batch per week, five of them to the countryside of Aleppo, at a rate of 2400 individuals per batch, and four batches to the province of Idlib, at a rate of 2000 individuals per batch
