Syrian regime forces arrested Wednesday about 1100 people were fleeing Qaboun, north of Damascus despite an agreement to evacuate the opposition-held district reached Sunday.
Regime-run TV quoted the Damascus provincial governor as saying that Qaboun "is empty of militants" but 600 men and 500 women still held by regime forces, residents told Ammar Johmani .
Most of the detainees were escaping siege in Eastern Ghouta suburbs. They entered Qaboun through a tunnel. Later on, the Assad army blew the tunnel up, according to sources.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said hundreds of rebel fighters had left on Monday, headed for areas further east of Damascus or to the northwestern province of Idlib.
On Sunday, more than 2,000 rebels and their family members left Qaboun, state media said
