WEB DESK
Russia’s Defence Ministry has said, more than one lakh people had left eastern Ghouta, since government forces began an assault to retake it a month ago.
In a statement, it said, about 3,100 militants and their family members have left the settlement of Harasta in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta over the past one day alone.
Meanwhile, the Syrian army paused its bombardment of Douma, the last rebel bastion in eastern Ghouta.
State media,SANA said that the rebels leaving the eastern Ghouta towns will also release several thousand captured Syrian army fighters.