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The buses in the first convoy of rebels and civilians evacuated late Thursday from the Eastern Ghouta arrive in the town of Qalaat al-Madiq, in the north of Hama province, before making their way north to Idlib province. IMAGES
Syria will grant the United Nations permission to use a key crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria for a period of six months, Bassam Sabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UN, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
A Qatari convoy with supplies for quake-hit northwest Syria arrives at Bab al-Hawa border crossing via Turkey. IMAGES
The first UN aid convoy for earthquake victims arrive at Bab al-Hawa border crossing in rebel-held northwestern Syria. IMAGES
"Northwestern Syria is now a disaster area," says spokesperson for the Syrian Civil Defense in rebel-held areas, Ismail Alabdallah, in an appeal to the international community to offer support. SOUNDBITE
Residents of a ravaged pocket of Syria's Eastern Ghouta prepare Sunday for a new round of evacuations from the rebel enclave near Damascus. IMAGES