A child looks out of the window of a bus as they arrive in Qalaat al-Madiq, some 45 kilometres northwest of the central city of Hama, on April 2, 2018 after being evacuated from the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma. AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
Damascus: Rebels began evacuating the last opposition holdout of Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Monday, state television said, a day after regime ally Russia announced a deal for the pocket.
"Two buses carrying a number of Jaish al-Islam terrorists and their families leave the town of Douma," state television said, adding they would be transported to the rebel-held northern town of Jarabulus.
Russia on Sunday reported a deal had been reached for Jaish al-Islam fighters to leave Douma, but the rebel group has not yet confirmed the agreement.
