Eastern Ghouta:

Syrian Army Frees Thousands of Civilians from Terrorists' Jails

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army troops managed to free thousands of civilians and military personnel jailed by Jeish al-Islam in Douma region in Eastern Ghouta, a military source said on Tuesday.

News ID: 69414

Date: 27 March 2018 - 23:27

The source said that information about the repentance jail is partially confidential, but it can be confirmed that this prison was not the only one in Douma.

There were hundreds of women and children inmates from the town of Adra that was captured by terrorists in December 2013, the sources said.

Adra is one of the largest industrial zones in the suburbs of Damascus.

In December 2013, militants seized the zone and massacred civilians while many were held captive.

According to the source, there were 3,500 inmates in Jeish al-Islam's prison. The terrorists used them as a human shield to put pressure on the Syrian army, which did everything possible to save the lives of the people of the city.

The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier today that more than 6,700 militants and their families left Syria’s Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus via a humanitarian corridor on Monday, adding that they were transported to Idlib province.

“On the basis of an earlier agreement signed by senior officials of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation and leaders of the Faylaq al-Rahman group, militants continued to withdraw from the settlement of Arbin (Eastern Ghouta) on March 26, and a sum of 6,749 militants and members of their families left the area through the organized humanitarian corridor and were transported by 110 buses to the province of Idlib,” the ministry’s statement read.

The total number of militants and their families, who have left Arbin in the past three days, has reached 13,190 people, the ministry added.

Furthermore, as a result of the agreements reached by the Russian reconciliation center with the leaders of the militant groups, 26 illegally detained Syrian servicemen and civilians, who were held captive by the Faylaq al-Rahman group, were released on Monday, according to the statement.