No civilians leave Syria's Eastern Ghouta on 1st day of humanitarian pause

Syrian government buses wait at a designated point to evacuate civilians from the fighting Eastern Ghouta countryside east of Damascus in the Wafidin area, the countryside of Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2018. The first day of the Russian-proposed humanitarian pause ended with no civilians leaving the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area east of the capital Damascus. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani)