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Evacuation of two pro-Assad Syrian villages complete: Ikhbariya TV

BEIRUT: The evacuation of all civilians from two loyalist Syrian villages that were besieged by rebels in the northwest is complete, Syria’s Ikhbariya television said on Thursday.

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 17 , 2018, shows residents of the town of Harak, east of the Daraa province,carrying national flags and portraits of Syrian President Bachar al-Assad. — AFP

Beirut, July 19

The evacuation of all civilians from two loyalist Syrian villages that were besieged by rebels in the northwest is complete, Syria’s Ikhbariya television said on Thursday.

Ikhbariya said all buses had left al-Foua and Kefraya by Thursday morning, making the two Shi’ite villages “empty of civilians”. More than 100 buses arrived on Wednesday to transport residents and fighters from the villages to nearby government-held territory in Aleppo province. Reuters

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