Compulsory evacuations in south Syria
A second convoy of evacuees from Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province arrived in opposition-held Idlib province late Sunday, in line with an agreement between the Bashar al-Assad regime and armed opposition groups.
The convoy of 47 buses and 21 vehicles carried around 2,592 evacuees, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter in the region.
The evacuees were taken to a temporary refugee center upon their arrival.
So far, some 4,100 people have been evacuated from Quneitra to Idlib.
Under the deal, more convoys are expected to follow from the southwestern province, which is located adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights region.
The agreement provides opposition fighters with a safe exit to Idlib in exchange for surrendering their heavy weapons.
A similar deal was implemented recently in Syria’s southwestern Daraa province, according to which regime forces -- along with Russian military police -- were allowed to deploy along the nearby border with Jordan.
Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected ferocity.
Israel's military sounded air defense sirens in northern regions near the Syrian and Lebanese borders on Monday, witnesses said.An Israeli television station aired footage of what appeared to be an aeriel interception. The report could not immediately be confirmed. 
Israeli air defense sirens sound near Syria and Lebanon borders
Jordan said Sunday it allowed passage to more than 400 Syrian civil defense agency members, White Helmets, reducing an earlier figure by almost half. On Saturday, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said it had allowed the UN to organize the passage of some 800 White Helmets members for humanitarian reasons.In a Sunday statement, foreign ministry spokesman Mohamed al-Kayed said Britain, Germany and Canada –- which made a legally binding pledge to resettle the Syrians within a specified period of time "because of a risk to their lives" --, settled on the figure of 422 White Helmets members rather than 800.The statement added that transfer of the civil defense volunteers to the three Western countries would be done within three months.Al-Kayed did not disclose location of White Helmets members, but said they would remain in a closed area.He added the Syrians were only allowed passage via Jordan due to humanitarian reasons.- US welcomesThe U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert welcomed the evacuation of the civil defense agency members.“We are glad that these brave volunteers, who have saved thousands of lives, are now out of harm’s way,” she said in a written statement.Nauert went on to say: “Members of the group, more than half of which are children, were allowed entry into Jordan on a transit basis, until UNHCR completes procedures for their resettlement in third countries.”Earlier on Sunday, White Helmets chief Riyad Salih said that the evacuation of the White Helmets members and their families were blocked by the Bashar al-Assad regime, whose forces control Syria’s border with Amman.Last month, Syrian regime forces launched a wide-ranging military operation -- supported by Russian air power – to recapture the opposition-held Daraa province, triggering a major displacement crisis, with an estimated 350,000 civilians fleeing the province towards areas near the Jordanian border.Assad regime blocks White Helmets evacuationJordan allows passage to 800 Syrian civil defense workers on humanitarian grounds
More than 400 White Helmets allowed entry into Jordan