Photo: APBeirut: A stalled population transfer resumed on Saturday after a deadly explosion killed at least 100, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters, at an evacuation point — adding new urgency to the widely criticized operation. The bloody mayhem that followed the Saturday attack only deepened the resentment of the transfer criticized as population engineering. Yasser Abdelatif, a media official for Ahrar al-Sham, said about 30 rebel gunmen were killed in the blast. According to Abdul Hakim Baghdadi, an interlocutor who helped the government negotiate the evacuations, 140 were killed in the attack. The explosion came as frustration was already mounting over the stalling evacuation process.“The situation is disastrous,” said Ahmed Afandar, a resident evacuated from the opposition area near Madaya.

Source: Mint April 15, 2017 22:52 UTC