1,100 leave rebel stronghold in Damascus, says Russia

Around 1,100 Syrian rebels and their family members have left a stronghold in the Damascus suburbs in the past 24 hours, according to the Russian military.

The town of Douma was one of the earliest hubs of the uprising against President Bashar Assad in 2011 and home to the Army of Islam, the largest rebel group in the eastern Ghouta suburbs of the Syrian capital.