Hundreds of Syrians left the besieged Eastern Ghouta enclave on Friday as talks with armed factions over evacuating the third pocket of the region stalled. Friday’s evacuations were possible through a negotiated withdrawal, while Russia unilaterally announced a similar deal to empty the final pocket of the battered enclave. The former opposition bastion on the outskirts of Damascus has been drained by a nearly six-week Syrian regime assault and a pair of evacuation deals brokered by Moscow. Under such agreements, rebels agree to hand over territory in exchange for safe passage for them and civilians to opposition zones in northwest Syria. More than 36,000 people have already been bussed out of the enclave, and fresh evacuations were under way on Friday. More than 2,300 people, including fighters, were boarding buses in a pocket of Ghouta held by the Faylaq al-Rahman opposition faction, according to Syrian state media. The agreement for that withdrawal, reached last week, left the overpopulated, devastated town of Douma as the final opposition holdout in the region. Russias defense ministry on Friday said it had brokered a deal that would see factions abandon Douma "shortly", but the fighters there quickly denied it. "We categorically refuse leaving or being displaced," said Jaish al-Islams spokesman Hamza Bayraqdar. "Thats an essential demand of the negotiations. We have not reached an agreement yet," he told AFP, adding that talks were ongoing. Bayraqdar told The Associated Press that the reports are false, adding that his groups stance is to reject displacement and demographic change in Eastern Ghouta. Eastern Ghouta was the armed oppositions last stronghold around Damascus, which groups regularly targeted with rockets and mortar rounds. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor says more than 1,600 civilians have been killed in the regime onslaught, which has overrun more than 90 percent of Ghouta. Regime forces pursued a divide-and-conquer strategy, seizing most of the enclave then breaking up what was left of it into three isolated pockets. Moscow stepped in and swiftly announced two withdrawal agreements with rebels, the first of which saw more than 4,500 fighters and civilians bussed out of the town of Harasta. Doumas population has swelled to an estimated 200,000 with people displaced from other bombed-out districts. Jaish al-Islam had been in talks with Russia to reach a settlement whereby they could stay, instead of being bussed out like other rebels. But negotiations faltered over the groups demands of a general amnesty and unrestricted movement for Douma residents across the country, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP. Moscow threatened Jaish al-Islam with a renewed blitz on the town if they did not agree to withdraw, and Syrian regime forces have amassed around the holdout. Syrias state news agency SANA said around 29,000 civilians had fled Douma in recent days, using a "corridor" opened up by advancing Syrian troops. SANA said a total of 143,000 people in total had streamed out of Ghouta along such corridors and as part of the evacuation deals. The state outlet did not confirm the agreement with Jaish al-Islam, but its correspondent said "preliminary information" indicated a deal was close. Meanwhile, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said Friday it was bringing humanitarian assistance to devastated Ghouta districts already recaptured by the regime. Red Crescent workers distributed bread, water, and other aid to the towns of Kafr Batna, Saqba, and Ain Terma.