Elderly Pakistani couple quit Syria's embattled Ghouta

An elderly Pakistani man and his wife have fled Syria's embattled Eastern Ghouta, it emerged Thursday, the only known civilians to have left since a "humanitarian pause" took effect. The rebel enclave outside Damascus has seen some of the worst bombardment and fighting of the Syrian civil war since Russia-backed government forces launched an assault on February 18. Mohammad Fadhl Akram, 73, and his wife Saghran Bibi, 10 years younger, were evacuated on Wednesday afternoon, a medical source with the Syrian Red Crescent said, but were devastated to be leaving 17 family members behind in the battered region.

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