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Evacuated Syria fighters, civilians head to Afrin

Syrian opposition fighters and civilians bussed out of an area near Damascus were heading Sunday (April 22nd) to north-western Syria, AFP reported.

The displacement was the result of a negotiated withdrawal of opposition fighters from East Qalamoun, 60 kilometres north-east of Syria's capital.

Under the deal, several thousand opposition fighters and their relatives are to be granted safe passage from East Qalamoun to opposition-held territory in the north. Some were being bussed even further to the area of Afrin.

"There are 1,148 people on this convoy, going from the East Qalamoun region to the Jandairis camp" in the Afrin region, said Abu Mahmoud, an opposition fighter responsible for the convoy's security.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said parts of the convoy were already arriving in the Afrin region.

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