The Battle For The Damascus Suburb Of Ghouta -- News Updates March 6, 2018

Reuters: Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta

MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a proposal to let the insurgents surrender their last major stronghold near Damascus to President Bashar al-Assad, which fighters have so far rejected.

The Russian defense ministry said rebels could leave with their families and personal weapons through a secure corridor out of eastern Ghouta, where Moscow-backed government forces have made rapid gains in a fierce assault.

The Russian proposal did not specify where the rebels would go, but the terms echo previous evacuation deals under which insurgents have ceded ground to Assad and departed to opposition-held territory in the north near the Turkish border.

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The Battle For The Damascus Suburb Of Ghouta -- News Updates March 6, 2018

Russia says rebels allowed to leave Syria's E.Ghouta: agencies -- AFP
Syria war: 'Chlorine attack' on besieged Eastern Ghouta --BBC
Syrian babies and children struggle to breathe following 'chemical gas attack' hours after aid convoy arrived but was forced to cut short its mission as Assad's regime pounds Ghouta -- Daily Mail

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Strikes hit Syria's battered Ghouta as death toll hits 800 -- AFP
Dozens killed in single day in Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta -- The Guardian
Russia suspected of using 'dumb' bombs to shift blame for Syria war crimes -- The Guardian
Russian attack on Syrian market may be war crime: UN -- AFP
US condemns 'brutal' assault on Syria's Eastern Ghouta -- Middle East Eye
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Eastern Ghouta tragedy pits neighbors against each other -- DW