Syria evacuations under way after deal reached

Buses carrying Syrian rebel and civilian evacuees have arrived outside the capital, Damascus. The transfer is part of a deal which will see more than 10,000 people evacuated and hundreds of prisoners exchanged.

Buses carrying Syrian rebel and civilian evacuees have arrived outside the capital, Damascus.

The transfer is part of a deal which will see more than 10,000 people evacuated and hundreds of prisoners exchanged.

But fighting continues to flare in Idlib province.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Beirut, in neighbouring Lebanon.