BEIRUT — Syrian state media say the largest rebel group in Damascus’ eastern Ghouta, the Army of Islam, has begun to evacuate from the area’s last holdout town. The government is waiting for the rebels to leave the besieged town of Douma, just east of Damascus, before it can say it has full control of the area, after seven years of revolt. Douma is the last town to hold out against government forces in the once rebel-held suburbs.
Associated Press: Largest Syrian rebel group starts leaving Damascus enclave
This picture taken on March 29, 2018, shows destroyed buildings in Harasta nearly a week after the regime forces retook the town from the rebels, in Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
