Deal for rebels to quit Douma made: officials

DAMASCUS: Syria's government has reached an agreement for rebels to leave their battered holdout of Douma for an opposition-held town in the country's north, state media reported yesterday, reports AFP.

The official news agency SANA, citing a government source, said the agreement would see "the departure of all so-called Jaish al-Islam terrorists to Jarablus within 48 hours".

In exchange Jaish al-Islam would release hostages it had been holding, the source said.

SANA reported dozens of buses were already entering Douma to begin the evacuations.

The deal came a day after a reported chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Douma, which prompted global outrage but which Syria and its ally Russia have brushed off as "fabrications."

 

Deal for rebels to quit Douma made: officials

DAMASCUS: Syrias government has reached an agreement for rebels to leave their battered holdout of Douma for an opposition-held town in the countrys north, state media reported yesterday, reports AFP. The official news agency SANA, citing a government source, said the agreement would see the departure of all so-called Jaish al-Islam terrorists to Jarablus within 48 hours. In exchange Jaish al-Islam would release hostages it had been holding, the source said. SANA reported dozens of buses were already entering Douma to begin the evacuations. The deal came a day after a reported chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Douma, which prompted global outrage but which Syria and its ally Russia have brushed off as fabrications.