Deal agreed to evacuate thousands from besieged Damascus suburb - rebel leader


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  • Friday, 26 Aug 2016

AMMAN (Reuters) - Rebels and Syria's army agreed a deal on Thursday to evacuate all residents and insurgents from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, a rebel leader and state media said, ending one of the longest stand-offs in the five-year conflict.

Syria's army has surrounded rebels and civilians and blocked food deliveries in Daraya since 2012, regularly bombing the area just 7 km (4 miles) from President Bashar al Assad's seat of power.

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