Russia says more than 20,000 people left Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Sunday

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Syrian women and children walk past government soldiers as they evacuate from the town of Jisreen in the southern Eastern Ghouta, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on March 17, 2018. (AFP)

MOSCOW:  More than 20,000 people have left Syria's Eastern Ghouta via the town of Hammouriyeh so far on Sunday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Centre for Reconciliation in Syria, a body run by Russia's defense ministry.
Since humanitarian corridors were set up in the area, more than 68,000 people have left the Eastern Ghouta, the centre said.

Topics: Eastern Ghouta Syria refugees Russia