Hundreds of rebel fighters and thousands of civilians are to evacuate the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya after rebels and the Syrian army agreed to a deal, a rebel leader and a state news agency have said, Al Jazeera reports.
"Seven hundred armed men with their personal weapons will leave Daraya to head to the [rebel-controlled] city of Idlib, while thousands of men and women with their families will be taken to reception centres," Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
"We reached agreement on the evacuation of all of the people of Daraya, civilians and fighters," said Captain Abu Jamal, head of Liwa Shuhada al-Islam.