Rebels and civilians evacuated from three besieged N. Syrian locations

Under a UN brokered ceasefire, dozens of Syrian rebel fighters are being evacuated from the village of Zabadani near the Lebanese border and taken to Beirut. Hundreds of families from the towns of Kefraya and Fuaa in the northern province of Idlib were also rescued and taken to Turkey and from there to Lebanon.

 Zabadani has been under siege by Syrian army and Hizballah forces for nearly a year who never broke through toe capture the village, while the two towns lived under the siege of Sunni rebels.