Syria

Damascus: 150 Civilians Evacuated from Eastern Ghouta

 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that tens of Syrian civilians have left Eastern Ghouta via a safe corridor on the 15th day of ceasefire in the region after a bilateral agreement with the army.

Head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center in Syria Yuri Yuftshenko said around 148 Syrian civilians, including 79 children managed to exit Eastern Ghouta after an agreement was reached between the Syrian army and the terrorists.

He pointed to the civilians’ demand for the establishment of new corridors for their exit from Eastern Ghouta, and said that al-Wafedeen humanitarian corridor is still closed to the residents of the terrorist-controlled regions.

In a relevant development on Tuesday, the first group of civilians left terrorist-held areas in Eastern Ghouta for safer regions under the Syrian Army’s control via a humanitarian corridor after an agreement between militants and the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, the center said on Tuesday.

The Russian center said that the first group of civilians left terrorist-held regions in Douma via al-Wafedeen humanitarian corridor.

Also, other sources said that the first group of people, including 45 civilians and a number of the injured left terrorist-held regions in Douma via al-Wafedeen, adding that the second group is to leave the region later today.

Also, the Russian Army General Staff reported that a sum of 1,000 civilians and terrorists are to leave Eastern Ghouta based on an agreement with the militants.

Jeish al-Islam announced in a statement that it has endorsed an agreement with the Russian officials to evacuate their sick and injured members after Douma came under the Syrian army’s siege.

Field sources said on Monday that the army units, backed up by artillery and missile units, engaged in fierce clashes with the terrorists in Harasta region after the daily ceasefire ended in the region.

The sources said that the terrorist front was on the verge on collapse after the army’s recent advances.

They added that the army laid siege on the terrorists in Harasta region after the pro-government forces, deployed in Kilani Petrol Station, met their comrades at Douma-Harasta highway near the Vehicles Management Center.

In the meantime, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the army has gained control over 59 percent of Eastern Ghouta in 13 days of operation against the terrorists.

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