War-Weary Fighters: Rebel-Held Towns and Pro-Government Towns

war-weary fighters: As diplomacy in Moscow focused on the U.S. airstrikes targeting Syria, more than 2,350 people were bused out of the twin rebel-held towns of Madaya and Zabadani near Damascus, and another 5,000 from the pro-government towns of Foua and Kfraya in the country's north, according to Brandon Sun. There was no heating, no food, nothing to sustain our lives. The co-ordinated evacuations delivered war-weary fighters and residents from two years of siege and hunger, but moved the country closer to a division of its national population by loyalty and sect. We left so that God willing the siege may ease on those who remain, said Ahmad Afandar, a 19-year-old evacuee from Madaya whose parents stayed behind. The two towns rebelled against Damascus' authority in 2011 when demonstrations swept through the country demanding the end of President Bashar Assad's rule. Madaya and Zabadani, once summer resorts to Damascus, have been shattered under the cruelty of government siege. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.