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Civilians in the liberated village of Kafr Batna in Eastern Ghouta
We are currently witnessing truly remarkable developments in Syria, as the country's army and allies liberate more districts of Eastern Ghouta. Almost 80,000 people have been evacuated, with more still streaming out.
The late February Syrian-Russian opening of humanitarian corridors out of Eastern Ghouta marked the beginning of the end in the tragedy that is Ghouta's occupation by
terrorists including Jaysh Al-Islam, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (Al-Qaeda), Ahrar Al-Sham, and Faylaq Al-Rahman.
Syrian and Russian reporters on the ground have recorded countless testimonies of fleeing civilians. One such subtitled video shows women and children speaking of terrorists starving them - depriving them of food, beating and shooting at them, trapping them in cellars, and holding them hostage.
Footage taken by Syrian journalist Wassim Issa included a woman sobbing that her children were still inside. But also, as with many of these videos surfacing with each new batch of evacuated, she praised the army, saying "May God protect you, you have liberated us from them. They took my house against my will and made me homeless."
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