Four Syrian towns that have been under crippling siege for more than two years are to be evacuated under a deal reached late Tuesday (March 28th), AFP reported.
Residents of Zabadani and Madaya, two towns near Damascus under regime siege, will leave their homes in return for the evacuation of Fuaa and Kafraya, two towns in the north-west besieged by the opposition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"The evacuations are not expected to begin until April 4th but, as a goodwill measure, a ceasefire for the towns came into effect overnight," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
"It is calm there now," he added.
The four towns are part of an existing deal reached in 2015 that has seen aid deliveries and evacuations.
