Hundreds of Syrian rebels and civilians are fleeing another part of war-ravaged eastern Ghouta on the edge of Damascus. Several towns and villages are expected to return to Syrian government control after years of being under siege and weeks of heavy bombardment. Nine days after the seventh anniversary of the Syrian war, almost 900 people were bussed out from the southernmost areas of three eastern Ghouta pockets, according to state-affiliated al Ikhbariya TV. President Assad's government is giving rebels and armed civilians the choice to put down their weapons and sign up for military conscription or to leave with their families to rebel-held territories elsewhere in Syria. This prompted rebels to begin evacuating areas of eastern Ghouta, with some 7,000 people abandoning the town of Harasta. Many are believed to have made the journey towards the rebel-held Idlib province in northern Syria.
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