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Russia deal to evacuate civilians from Ghouta main town

<div>Syria moved closer today to fully retaking the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta after its Russian ally agreed with rebels to evacuate hundreds of civilians from a final pocket.</div>''<div></div>''<div>Tens of thousands of people remain in the battered town of Douma. It is the last rebel holdout and their one-time bastion east of the capital Damascus.</div>''<div></div>''<div>Russia-backed regime forces have seized more than 95 percent of Eastern Ghouta in a six-week military campaign that has displaced tens of thousands from their homes.</div>

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