Last Eastern Ghouta Rebels Poised to Surrender: Syrian State Media

Last Eastern Ghouta Rebels Poised to Surrender: Syrian State Media
Rebel fighters pray before they are evacuated, outside Harasta in eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 23, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki
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AMMAN–The group in control of the last rebel bastion near Damascus appeared on Sunday to have agreed a deal for its fighters to make peace with the government or quit the eastern Ghouta enclave, Syrian state media said on Sunday.

Jaish al Islam, most of whose members are drawn from the area, has been defending the city of Douma against a months-long onslaught by government forces.