Aleppo Evacuations

• 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.

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  Dec 22, 2016
  
• Syrian refugees in Saskatoon fear for family still living in Aleppo

  A family of Syrian refugees living in Saskatoon says family left behind in Aleppo cannot leave.

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  Dec 21, 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.

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  Dec 21, 2016
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• Aleppo evacuation could restart for ‘humanitarian cases’ in new deal

  Rebel and government forces agreed Saturday to allow "humanitarian cases" to leave two besieged government-held Shiite villages in northwestern Syria.

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  Dec 17, 2016
• Aleppo evacuations suspended after rebels open fire on convoy: Syrian TV

  The Syrian government suspended evacuations from eastern Aleppo just hours after they resumed on Friday, saying that rebels had opened fire on a convoy of evacuees at a crossing point with the enclave, state TV reported.

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  Dec 16, 2016
• Airstrikes kill 10 civilians in Aleppo

  Renewed airstrikes killed at least 10 civilians Tuesday in Syria's besieged eastern part of Aleppo as they were fleeing government advances in the opposition held-enclave.

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  Nov 29, 2016
• Syrian army says it has taken key Aleppo district but rebels say battle continues

  The Syrian army said it had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would mark the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in weeks.

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  Nov 8, 2016
• Syrian government strikes back after rebels launch offensive in Aleppo

  Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive Saturday under the cover of airstrikes in an attempt to regain control of areas they had lost to insurgents the day before in the northern city of Aleppo, activists and state media said.

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  Oct 29, 2016
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• Syrian rebels launch large-scale offensive in Aleppo to break siege

  Fierce fighting broke out around the Syrian city of Aleppo Friday as rebels announced a large-scale offensive to break the government's siege of opposition-held areas.

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  Oct 28, 2016