DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – The evacuation agreement between militants and government forces was proposed on Saturday. A 48-hour ceasefire was announced, after which the militants were allowed to leave for rebel-held territory in the Idlib province in the north of the country.
"The remainder of armed groups which held Khan el Sheikh left the region today. As was expected, most of them did not use amnesty and headed in buses to the Idlib province" the source said.
On November 29, the first group of militants left the Syrian town southwest of Damascus.
The Khan el Sheikh offensive was launched by the Syrian army on October 1. Militants undertook numerous attempts to break the government forces siege throughout the several weeks of the offensive but ultimately failed despite being backed by artillery fire.
