Takfiri terrorists begin evacuating Damascus suburb

Hundreds of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists have started evacuating the besieged Damascus suburb of Barzeh under an agreement reached with the Syrian government.

State-run Ekhbariya television reported that the evacuation of the Takfiris from Barzeh to terrorist-held areas in the northwestern province of Idlib had begun on Monday.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said buses had arrived to transport the terrorists out of Barzeh at dawn, adding hundreds of them had started to board the vehicles.

The Britain-based monitoring group said more people would leave the suburb over the coming days as part of the same agreement.

The flashpoint district of Barzeh, which lies in northeast Damascus near the terrorist-held Eastern Ghouta, has seen fierce fighting between Takfiris and Syrian forces in recent months.

Militants usually use a maze of underground tunnels or artillery fire to attack targets inside the Syrian capital. 

The monitoring group also said the Syrian army troops have advanced in the Qaboun district, which is adjacent to Barzeh in the same besieged enclave.

Separately, a military media unit run by Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Monday that several Red Crescent ambulances had arrived in the Syrian towns of Foua and Kefraya, which are under the siege of militants, to evacuate residents.

The two towns in Idlib were part of a mutual evacuation deal reached between the Damascus government and militant groups in March which involved the evacuation of Zabadani and Madaya in Rif Dimashq.

The towns of Zabadani and Madaya are surrounded by pro-government forces.

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