Final convoys of rebels and their families set to leave Aleppo
The fall of Aleppo, a landmark event in the five-year-old Syrian civil war, was set to be complete on Thursday with the last convoys of rebel fighters and their families leaving east Aleppo. The Gift of the Givers, a Muslim charity organisation, said from Darkoush on the Turkish border that 700 private cars and 30 buses with refugees were waiting in west Aleppo for road conditions to improve, after heavy snowfalls to cross the borders of Greater Aleppo. Several had indicated they wanted to treated at the organisation’s Ar Rahma hospital. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared that regaining Aleppo City was a victory for Iran and Russia as well as Syria, and a step towards ending the war. About 34,000 people have left the one-time opposition stronghold of east Aleppo since last Thursday, including all of the wounded and sick in critical condition, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is assisting in the evacuation. These included 4,000 fighters, ...
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