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05-13-2017, 01:16 PM
DAMASCUS: More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus on Friday under an agreement that will bring Syria’s government closer to exerting full control over the capital.
For more than two years, the government of President Bashar al-Assad has touted such “reconciliation deals” as the best way to end the country’s brutal war. Friday’s evacuations were part of the first such deal for the Syrian capital itself.
According to Syrian state news agency SANA, 718 rebels were among a total of 1,246 people evacuated from the Damascus districts of Barzeh and Tishrin. “The exit of armed fighters and their families will be completed in several waves in the coming days until the district is completely free of any signs of armed people,” the agency said.
Earlier on Friday, Sana said that 664 people including 103 rebels had left the **rthern district of Barzeh, but it did **t give a number for Tishrin.
A source from the pro-government National Defence Forces confirmed the same number of evacuees from Barzeh and told AFP they left on 12 buses. “The evacuations are part of the deal reached first in Barzeh, to which the neighbouring **rtheastern district of Tishrin was later added,” the source said.
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For more than two years, the government of President Bashar al-Assad has touted such “reconciliation deals” as the best way to end the country’s brutal war. Friday’s evacuations were part of the first such deal for the Syrian capital itself.
According to Syrian state news agency SANA, 718 rebels were among a total of 1,246 people evacuated from the Damascus districts of Barzeh and Tishrin. “The exit of armed fighters and their families will be completed in several waves in the coming days until the district is completely free of any signs of armed people,” the agency said.
Earlier on Friday, Sana said that 664 people including 103 rebels had left the **rthern district of Barzeh, but it did **t give a number for Tishrin.
A source from the pro-government National Defence Forces confirmed the same number of evacuees from Barzeh and told AFP they left on 12 buses. “The evacuations are part of the deal reached first in Barzeh, to which the neighbouring **rtheastern district of Tishrin was later added,” the source said.
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