Thousands of people flee Syria's war-torn Eastern Ghouta

People gather to be transferred from a temporary shelter in the Housh Nasri area, east of Damascus, capital of Syria, to better shelters near Damascus, on March 16, 2018. The Syrian army said Friday it had captured 70 percent of rebel-held areas in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus. A statement said thousands of people have fled Eastern Ghouta through humanitarian corridors set up by the Syrian army in Eastern Ghouta. (Xinhua/Hummam Sheikh Ali)