BBC: Syria war: First rebels leave defeated Eastern Ghouta town
Syrian rebels and their families have begun leaving a key town in the besieged Eastern Ghouta area as part of an evacuation deal with the government.
State media said 88 rebels and 459 civilians had gone from Harasta so far.
Some 1,500 fighters from the Ahrar al-Sham faction and 6,000 civilians are to be transported from Harasta to the northern rebel-held province of Idlib.
The evacuation deal is the first agreed since pro-government forces stepped up an assault on the enclave a month ago.
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