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Russia: 79,702 civilians evacuated from Syria’s eastern Ghouta

Children wait to be evacuated from Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Syrian Red Crescent buses on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 19, 2018. (AFP)

Updated 20 March 2018

Reuters

March 20, 2018 08:11

Russia: 79,702 civilians evacuated from Syria’s eastern Ghouta

Updated 20 March 2018

Reuters

March 20, 2018 08:11

MOSCOW: The total number of civilians, mostly children, who have been evacuated from Syria’s besieged eastern Ghouta district since the start of a humanitarian operation has risen to 79,702, Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday.
It said in a statement posted on its website that on Monday, 6,046 civilians left the district via humanitarian corridors.