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12 more patients evacuated from rebel enclave

Smoke rises after an air strike during fighting between members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria. [Photo: Courtesy]

A second batch of sick Syrian civilians, most of them children, left the besieged rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, aid officials said on Wednesday.

However, hundreds of critical patients remained trapped.

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