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Transfer of Thousands of Syrian Fighters on Lebanon-Syria Border Delayed

The Daily Star

The transfer of thousands of Syrian fighters and refugees from Lebanon's border region into rebel territory in Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners has been delayed to Tuesday, Al Jazeera reports. 

A Hezbollah military media unit said that the delay was to allow for "logistical measures", including the arrival to the area of all buses being used for transportation under a local ceasefire deal.

Under the deal between the opposition fighters and Hezbollah, about 9,000 rebels and their relatives were to leave to rebel-head areas in Syria in exchange for eight Hezbollah fighters held by the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as the al-Nusra Front.

The first step of the ceasefire, brokered by Lebanon's internal security agency, unfolded on Sunday as the two sides exchanged the bodies of dead fighters.


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