Fighters and residents leave besieged Damascus suburb Daraya

[WorldNews]

Fighters in the Damascus suburb of Daraya began to leave with their families and other residents under an evacuation deal on Friday, effectively surrendering the town to the government after a grueling four-year siege. Footage on state television showed buses driving past a large group of soldiers through streets lined with rubble. Only one shipment of aid has reached the area since the Syrian army surrounded the town in 2012, the U.N. says.

 

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