Syrian army has 'retaken' most of eastern Ghouta in Damascus


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Amman: The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.


In a televised statement, the Syrian army spokesman said the weeks-long military campaign had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus, and also secured its main links to other parts of the country, stretching north and all the way to the Iraqi border to the east.


Douma's fall would seal the rebels' worst defeat since 2016, driving them from their last big stronghold near the Syrian capital.

Douma’s fall would seal the rebels’ worst defeat since 2016, driving them from their last big stronghold near the Syrian capital.


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A last group of fighters and families had earlier left the main towns of Jobar, Zamalka, Arbeen and Ain Tarma after the fall of other towns, leaving only the city of Douma still in rebel hands.


Footage on state television showed top army commanders entering by the same route the rebel convoys had used to leave.


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