Aleppo Evacuation

• In east Aleppo, silent guns are enough to build optimism

  Children are playing and people are talking about reclaiming their lives in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2017
  
• Syrian military says Aleppo evacuations complete, ending 4-year rebel hold on city

  The last group of rebels and their families holed up in a small enclave in Aleppo were evacuated on Thursday, under a deal that gives the army and its allies full control of the city after years of fighting.

  World

  Dec 22, 2016
  
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• Aleppo evacuations resume as Syrian government regains control of city

  Syrian rebels resumed their evacuation from Aleppo on Wednesday, paving the way for the government to reassume control of the war-torn city.

  World

  Dec 21, 2016
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• UN to send monitors as buses resume evacuating remaining civilians, rebels from Aleppo

  A fragile ceasefire was back on in Syria on Monday as buses resumed evacuating those still remaining in eastern Aleppo.

  World

  Dec 19, 2016
• Buses headed to Aleppo for evacuation attacked, burned

  Several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya were attacked and burned on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian state television said.

  World

  Dec 18, 2016
• UN Security Council to vote on resolution for Aleppo evacuation

  The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Sunday on a resolution aimed at ensuring that U.N. officials can monitor evacuations from besieged parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

  World

  Dec 17, 2016
• Syrian rebels blame Iran for blocking Aleppo evacuation

  A senior Syrian rebel blamed Iran and its Shi'ite militias on Saturday of holding up the evacuation of civilians trapped in the remaining rebel bastion in Aleppo and urged Russia to live up to its commitment to implement the deal.

  World

  Dec 17, 2016
• Barack Obama slams Syria, Russia over Aleppo atrocities

  Obama is accusing the Syrian government and its two powerful allies of deliberately "surrounding, besieging and starving innocent civilians."

  World

  Dec 16, 2016
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• Syrian rebel says Aleppo evacuation obstructed by pro-Assad militia

  A Syrian rebel official said pro-Damascus Shi'ite militias were obstructing the departure of people from opposition-held districts of eastern Aleppo.

  World

  Dec 14, 2016