The sixth batch of al-Waer neighborhood’s evacuees has left the last rebel stronghold in Homs city on Monday, heading FSA-held town of Jarablus at the border with Turkey in a weekly forced displacement batches, local reporter said.
The 40 buses loaded with 1500 people, including 25 rebel fighters, 350 women and 500 children, resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind under a Russian-backed deal with the regime.
The evacuation is scheduled to deport about 2,5000 rebels and their families.
10,000 people left the central city of Homs to the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo in six weeks, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.
Over the past year, the regime has accelerated its drive to push rebel-held pockets to surrender under evacuation deals similar to the one in force in Homs.
Meanwhile, regime warplanes stepped up its aerial bombing on the northern countryside of Homs province, killing 5 civilians, local reporter said on Monday.
The airstrikes have targeted towns of Teldo, Kafrlaha, Tel Zahab and al-Tybah. Two women were among the casualties.
In its turn, Pro-regime news feeds said 5 pro-regime National Defence militia were killed by rebels south of al-Houla district
