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

A girl looks on as her mother holds an infant at a temporary shelter in the Housh Nasri area, east of Damascus, capital of Syria, 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)