Destruction is seen in the former rebel-held town of Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on April 10, 2018. / AFP / STRINGER
Moscow, Russia: The Russian army on Wednesday said the situation in the former Syrian opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta had been "totally stabilised".
"The situation in Eastern Ghouta has been totally stabilised. Refugees are continuously returning to where they lived. As of today some 60,000 people have returned to their homes," Lieutenant-General Viktor Poznikhir said at a briefing in Moscow.
