(MENAFN) An estimated 2,000 people, including 620 rebels and their families, began an evacuation from a besieged town southwest of the Syrian capital.
"The buses of rebels have begun moving," a member of the local committee saidoverseeing the deal in Moadamiyat al-Sham.
He also said the buses held rebels as well as their family members and would head to Idlib province, northwest of Damascus.
There was no confirmation from rebel forces in the area.
Moadamiyet al-Sham has been under a devastating government siege since early 2013.
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