KARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images(DAMASCUS) — Evacuations from eastern Aleppo, Syria, have resumed after initial efforts collapsed Friday, a United Nations official in Damascus tells ABC News.
The first bus and ambulance to leave the area held by Syrian rebels left at 11 p.m. local time, the official said, after people had been waiting for help there for hours.
The news comes after the UN Security Council apparently reached a compromise resolution to allow the UN to monitor the evacuations and let in humanitarian aid. Russia had previously rejected a French-drafted plan, calling it a “disaster,” according to BBC.
Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the UN, said she expects the agreement to be signed Monday.
“The text contains all of the elements for safe, secure, dignified evacuation, for humanitarian access into those who choose to remain in eastern Aleppo,” she said Sunday.
Power said that the agreement was made “constructively” and with a Russian representative.
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