Monday, December 28, 2015

Wounded fighters, civilians evacuated from Syria


Syrian and Lebanese wave and flash victory signs as convoys carrying wounded Syrian opposition fighters leave the Lebanese border crossing point of Masnaa, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. Syrian opposition fighters, some on wheelchairs, stretchers or crutches left the Syrian mountain resort of Zabadani toward the Lebanon border, where they will be flown to Turkey. The evacuation is part of a U.N.-backed truce deal reached in September for two key Syrian battleground areas that will see the transfer of thousands of Shiite and Sunni civilians and fighters from one area to another.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people from opposite sides in Syria's civil war were evacuated from contested areas on Monday under a U.N.-backed truce, with one group headed to Turkey and another en route to areas controlled by Syrian President Bashar Assad.


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