Ceasefire agreed in rebel-held suburb of Syrian capital

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A ceasefire has been agreed between government forces and rebel factions in a key rebel-held Damascus suburb&comma; Syrian state TV and opposition activists said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Under the terms of the agreement&comma; 700 gunmen will be allowed safe passage out of Daraya to the northern province of Idlib&comma; state media said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Around 4&comma;000 women and children will be taken to shelters outside the town&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Daraya has been besieged and blockaded by government forces for nearly four years&comma; with only minimal food deliveries allowed to reach the district&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The town is south-west of Damascus and has been pummelled by government air strikes&comma; barrel bombs and fighting over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the agreement&comma; under which rebels will give up all medium and heavy weaponry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; activists in Aleppo said at least 13 people&comma; mostly children&comma; were killed when suspected government helicopters dropped barrel bombs into a crowded residential area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Osama Abo Elezz&comma; a doctor from the rebel-held part of Aleppo&comma; said the bombs fell in the city&&num;8217&semi;s Bab al-Nayreb district&comma; hitting more than one building&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the unguided explosives killed 10 children&comma; including a two-month-old baby and a three-year-old girl&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Activist group the Aleppo Media Centre said at least 13 were killed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Abo Elezz said rescue teams were still working to pull survivors from under the rubble&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 15&comma; including 11 children&comma; and four women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1d197311a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1d197311a'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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