Russian Military Says Helps Evacuate 13 Civilians from Ghouta
7 March 2018 15:10 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Moscow - The Russian military said late on Tuesday that it had helped evacuate 13 civilians from Syria`s eastern Ghouta by putting them on returning trucks that had brought aid to the rebel-held area near Damascus.
Aid trucks reached Syria's eastern Ghouta region on Monday for the first time since the start of one of the war's deadliest assaults, but the government stripped some medical supplies from the convoy and pressed on with its air and ground assault.
Read: Aid Reaches Ghouta but Retreats after Syria's Shelling
The Russian military said in a statement it had used drones to monitor the convoy's progress and successfully head off what it called rebel provocations.
"We managed to evacuate 13 civilians, including five children, with the returning convoy," the military said.
"We were also ready to evacuate about 1,000 sick and wounded people, but the rebels did not give us the opportunity."
REUTERS
