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A second day of medical evacuations from Syria's Eastern Ghouta got underway on Wednesday, with dozens more civilians expected to be taken out of the besieged rebel enclave. IMAGES
Syrian regime forces stand at the entrance of Harasta in Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, after a deal is struck with the rebels in the area to evacuate the town. IMAGES
Residents of a ravaged pocket of Syria's Eastern Ghouta prepare Sunday for a new round of evacuations from the rebel enclave near Damascus. IMAGES
Syrian rebels and their families left Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Thursday under a Russian-brokered evacuation deal that is the first for the shrinking opposition enclave outside Damascus. They were bussed out in direction of the northwestern province of Idlib, after hours of waiting in a buffer zone for a green light to enter regime-held territory. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for aid convoys to be allowed into the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta and for the sick and wounded to be evacuated. SOUNDBITE