Syrian rebels to leave key town in eastern Ghouta enclave

This is frame grab from video, shows Syrian government soldiers, who were prisoners held by rebels, waving from a van after they were released in an agreement between Syrian forces and rebels, in eastern Gouta, Syria, Thursday March, 22, 2108. Syrian rebels and their families are expected to leave Harasta, a besieged town in the eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, in an evacuation deal that will see the town handed over to the government following years of bombardment. (AP Photo)

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian government forces oversee the evacuation by buses of rebel fighters and their families, at a checkpoint in eastern Gouta, Syria, Thursday March, 22, 2108. Syrian rebels and their families were leaving in an evacuation deal that will see the town handed over to the government following years of siege. (SANA via AP)

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels and their families boarded government buses before departing a besieged town in the eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, in a deal that could see the bombed-out town handed over to the government following years of siege.

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