(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and rebels based in southern suburbs of Damascus have reached an evacuation deal on Friday, such an agreement makes the capital mostly under regime control.
About 600 rebel fighters from Mujahedi al-Sham and Ajnad al-Sham operating in al-Qadam neighborhood agreed to move with their families to northern syria.
The first batch to leave on Tuesday in Idlib province and Jarablus town.
Residents of southern suburbs of Damascus said the evacuation deals endorse regime policy in forced displacement and demographic change.
On Friday, hundreds of civilians left a besieged town of Uqairabat in Hama province after the regime and Islamic State reached an evacuation deal, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A rebel source in northwestern Syria told Reuters the civilians - mostly shepherds - from the enclave, located in Hama and Homs provinces, had arrived in rebel-held Idlib province.
The regime and Islamic State finalized the deal on Thursday, allowing IS fighters, their families and civilians who wanted to leave the pocket and cross government areas into areas held by Islamist groups, the Observatory reported.
Some crossed to areas held by Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist alliance that includes the former Nusra Front group, in northern Hama and eastern Idlib provinces. Others moved to camps set up west of the enclave in government-held areas in accordance with tribal deals, the Britain-based monitor said.
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