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Syrian and Russian forces have evacuated most remaining rebels from eastern Ghouta and the government now controls 90 percent of the embattled Damascus suburb, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

“As of now, the majority of the militants have been evacuated,” Lavrov said at press conference in Moscow on March 29 after meeting with UN Syrian envoy Staffan de Mistura.

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