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4,000 rebels, family members to quit east Aleppo: state TV

Published: 15 Dec 2016 - 11:57 am | Last Updated: 11 Nov 2021 - 06:17 am
Buses and ambulances wait to evacuate civilians and rebels from eastern Aleppo, Syria December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Buses and ambulances wait to evacuate civilians and rebels from eastern Aleppo, Syria December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

AFP

Damascus: At least 4,000 rebels and their families will be evacuated from the last opposition-held districts of Syria's Aleppo, state television reported on Thursday. 

"All the procedures for their evacuation are ready," the television said in a breaking news alert. 

A new agreement has been reached for the evacuation of rebel fighters from the last pocket of territory they control after the collapse of a previous deal amid heavy fighting on Wednesday, a senior Syrian military source told AFP.