(MENAFN) On Saturday, the Egyptian foreign ministry said that seven Egyptians were able to get out of shelters in Syria in areas now liberated by government.
The Egyptian embassy, in cooperation with the Syrian authorities, was able to secure their release from camps where thousands of people fleeing the Eastern Ghouta Damascus suburb were staying.
The ministry added that it rescued another Egyptian family "from the area of military operations in Ghouta a few weeks ago".
Syria has been engulfed in a civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting numerous opposition factions and terrorist groups. On March 31, the command of the Syrian army said Damascus had liberated Eastern Ghouta which was previously under the control of Jaysh al-Islam militants.
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