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Russia evacuates 130 people from Syria
Moscow, May 29: A Russian government plane left Syria Tuesday with some 130 people from Russia and other former Soviet republics who decided to leave the country amid the ongoing conflict, said a spokesperson for Russia's Emergencies Ministry.
An
Ilyushin
Il-62
departed
from
Latakia,
a
major
port
city
in
Syria's
northwest,
with
128
people
aboard,
spokeswoman
Irina
Rossius
said.
Two Russian planes had arrived earlier that day bringing more than 20 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid.
Over 380 citizens of Russia and other former Soviet republics have fled civil war in Syria on Emergencies Ministry planes since January.
IANS
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