Residents leave area near Syrian capital under deal with government

Hundreds of civilians in a terrorist-held suburb of the Syrian capital have begun leaving the area under a deal with the government in Damascus.

According to the reports, some 300 resident began leaving Mouadamiya on Friday, a week after the surrender of neighboring Daraya, one of the longest-standing bastions of terrorists fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian state television showed footage of families heaving luggage through the streets and buses arriving to take them from the district. They will be transported to a temporary housing area in Harjaleh near Damascus, it reported.

The Syrian government forces retook complete control of Daraya last Saturday and struck a deal with the militants there to have them leave peacefully.

“The Darayya file is now closed after the evacuation of all the civilians, armed men and their families under the agreement” reached earlier between the government and the militants, Syrian state television said.

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