It was not their mission- they were not meant to leave Damascus.

The 146th Regiment was the last formation to leave Damascus on 30 September.

Many other officials have also left Damascus, ostensibly to move their families to safety.

Baker was always snapping his notebook shut and telling me if I didn't accept his terms he would leave Damascus and never come back.

However, a number of more junior Hamas officials and their families are understood to have already left Damascus.

On July 23, two more buses with 85 Brazilians left Damascus to Adana.

Orders to advance to Homs were received on 27 October and they left Damascus the next day.

Our conversation is finished, and I wish them to be free to leave Damascus, unhindered and unrecognized.

Before leaving Damascus, the Foreign Minister called Israel obstinate.

Has anyone recently left Damascus by bus into Lebanon?