About 5000 Syrian refugees to flee the ongoing fighting between Hezbollah and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to the eastern Qalamoun over a deal with Saraya Ahl al-Sham, rebel group operating at the Lebanese-Syrian border, sources old Ammar Johmani.
Abu al-Joud la-Qalamouni said the deal has not sealed but he assured the families of rebel fighters and about 5000 displaced who live in Arsal town to head the town of Jayroud and al-Ruhaiba in the eastern Qalamoun.
Hezbollah on Sunday reached a deal with Saraya Ahl al-Sham to halt fighting in Juroud Arsal, Omar al-Sheikh, spokesman of the group told Ammar Johmani.
'The situation is catastrophic,'' refugees told Zaman al-Wasl reporter as more than 15.000 people live in Wadi Hamid where no medics or relief workers are available to rescue tens of wounded refugees. The refugees voiced fears of imminent massacre by Hezbollah.
Three refugees have been killed since the start of Hezbollah offensive to oust jihadists from their last foothold along the border.
U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) spokeswoman Lisa Abou Khaled said this week that only a small number of people had fled to Arsal town so far.
"UNHCR has only received confirmation ... that two Syrian families have arrived in the town of Arsal from the outskirts," she said.
Several thousand Syrian refugees occupy camps east of Juroud Arsal, a barren mountainous zone between Syria and Lebanon that has served as a base for Islamic State militants, jihadists and other rebels.
Since Saturday, Hezbollah has reported rapid advances against the former al-Qaeda group. The next target will be territory held by Islamic State militants, local media have reported.
The offensive has so far killed 30 Hezbollah combatants, according to Lebanese media outlets.
Hezbollah has played a critical part in previous campaigns against Sunni insurgents along Lebanon's border, part of its wider role backing President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's six-year-old civil war.
