On 28 March 2017 , an agreement was brokered by Qatar and Iran for the evacuation of those living in Fu'ah and Kafriya in exchange for the evacuation of residents and rebels in Zabadani and Madaya . The agreement came under effect beginning on 12 April and buses and ambulances arrived in the four towns with the assistance of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to begin the evacuations . On 14 April , 60 buses transported 2,350 people , including 400 rebels , from Madaya and Zabadani to Idlib . After being suspended for several days following a suicide bombing of buses carrying refugees , the first phase of the evacuations was completed on 19 April , with further transports planned for June . A total of 30,000 people are to be relocated by the end of the operation
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2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
2015 Zabadani cease-fire agreement