Thousands of Syrian fighters and refugees in Lebanon’s border region will be transferred into rebel territory in Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners on Tuesday.<br /><br />Convoys of buses arrived on Monday to facilitate the transfer, which will see about 9,000 Sunni Muslim miltants and their relatives leave Lebanon<br /><br />The local ceasfire deal between the two sides will see the departure of all Jabhat Fateh al-Sham militants from around the town of Arsal, along with any civilians in nearby refugee camps who wish to go.<br /><br />The first stage of the deal, brokered by Lebanon’s internal security agency unfolded on Sunday, as the two sides exchanged the corpses of dead fighters.<br /><br />Lebanon’s Hezbollah has played a major role in fighting rebels along the border since the beginning of Syria’s six-year civil war.<br /><br />Last week it reclaimed most of the mountainous region of Juroud Arsal with help from the Syrian army, driving Jabhat Fateh al-Sham – formerly known as al-Nusra Front – from its last foothold in the border lands.<br />
