Nearly 20,000 people fled Eastern Ghouta in 24 hours after regime forces advanced into an isolated town in southern Ghouta, creating a corridor into government-controlled territory.
Photographers were there to capture the mass evacuation.
Syrian official news agency SANA released this picture of Syrian civilians holding bags of belongings as they flee fighting. Source: AAP
Streams of civilians, mostly women, children and the injured, escaped through the corridor on Thursday.
A syrian man carries his mother as thousands leave rebels-held Eastern Ghouta. Source: AAP
Thousands of civilians leave rebels-held Eastern Ghouta with only the possessions they can carry. Source: AAP
An elderly woman joins the mass evacuation, carrying her possessions on her back. Source: AAP
They reached a checkpoint in Adra district, where ambulances and large green buses waited to take them to temporary shelters.
Women and children packed buses to take them out of Eastern Ghouta. Source: AAP
Syria's official SANA released photos of government soldiers helping the exit of a new batch of besieged civilians from Eastern Ghouta. Source: AAP
A war monitor said regime forces now control 70 per cent of the area, splitting the remaining rebel territory into three shrinking pockets.
Two men hug before evacuating Eastern Ghouta. Source: AAP
The Syrian Red Crescent and the International Red Cross help those unable to walk. Source: AAP
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