Just under four thousand rebels and civilians fled a ravaged pocket of Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday.<br /> They follow about a thousand residents who left the day before as part of an agreement reached between rebels and the Syrian army.<br />That deal, mediated by Syria's key ally Russia, is set to see some seven thousand residents leave three remaining pockets.<br />It was struck over the weekend after a rebel group declared a unilateral cease-fire to negotiate its withdrawal from the region. <br /> Pro-Syrian forces have now gained control of about 90 percent of eastern Ghouta after five weeks of intense bombardment. <br />The conflict is reported to be the deadliest in Syria's seven-year civil war, with more than one and a half thousand civilians being killed. <br />
