The UN has brokered a deal between Syria and the Islamic State, which will allow hundreds of members of the militants' families and injured fighters to leave a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus.
The head of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdulrahman, told Reuters that the group will be given safe passage to travel to Raqqa and other IS controlled areas, eventually ending the militants' presence in Damascus.
A U.N. spokesman told reporters in New York: "The U.N. is an observer to the agreement concerning Yarmouk, but not part of it, which we understand should come into effect in the coming few days."
According to Reuters, several local ceasefires and safe-passage agreements have been agreed in Syria recently, with one, brokered with support from Iran and Turkey, halting fighting in the town of Zabadani on the Lebanese border, and in two villages in northwestern Syria.
A deal was also reached in the last rebel-held district of the Syrian city of Homs that allowed rebels and their families to leave the besieged area. The U.N. said the agreement could help pave the way for a nationwide truce, Reuters further reported.