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Nearly 1,000 evacuate Aleppo: Syria military source

Published: 15 Dec 2016 - 04:37 pm | Last Updated: 19 Nov 2021 - 02:02 am
Buses are seen during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighbourhoods in the embattled city of Aleppo on December 15, 2016. A convoy of ambulances and buses left rebel territory in Aleppo in the first evacuation

Buses are seen during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighbourhoods in the embattled city of Aleppo on December 15, 2016. A convoy of ambulances and buses left rebel territory in Aleppo in the first evacuation

AFP

Aleppo, Syria: Nearly 1,000 people including fighters left the battered rebel-controlled parts of east Aleppo on Thursday under a fragile evacuation deal, a senior Syrian military source told AFP.

The source said "951 people, including 200 fighters and 108 wounded, which also included rebels" made up the first convoy to be evacuated from the war-battered city.