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'Continuous Flow': Civilians Fleeing East Aleppo Through Humanitarian Corridors

© AFP 2023 / Youssef KARWASHANSyrians, from various western districts, wait at the Razi bus stop in Aleppo's central Jamiliyeh neighbourhood before taking part in a bus trip through government-held territory between the two sides of the divided city on December 3, 2016 as the pro-government forces seized 60 percent of the former rebel stronghold in east Aleppo
Syrians, from various western districts, wait at the Razi bus stop in Aleppo's central Jamiliyeh neighbourhood before taking part in a bus trip through government-held territory between the two sides of the divided city on December 3, 2016 as the pro-government forces seized 60 percent of the former rebel stronghold in east Aleppo - Sputnik International
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Civilians continue leaving the rebel-held areas of Aleppo through humanitarian corridors, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Syrian Army on Saturday suspended its offensive against the militants in Aleppo for the time of the evacuation of civilians from the eastern neighborhoods of the city.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia’s reconciliation center is evacuating civilians from eastern Aleppo in Syria through humanitarian corridors, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Saturday.

"The Russian center for reconciliation has organized evacuation of civilians from eastern Aleppo districts through humanitarian corridors," Konashenkov said, adding that Syrian government forces were now in control of 93 percent of the northern Syrian city.

Syrian pro-government forces advance in the Myessar district in east Aleppo in an ongoing operation to recapture all of the battered second city, on December 4, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Maj. Gen. Konashenkov said there was a "continuous flow" of people fleeing the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo to that controlled by the government.

The Syrian Army on Saturday suspended its offensive against the militants in Aleppo for the time of the evacuation of civilians from the eastern neighborhoods of the city through humanitarian corridors launched by the Russian Reconciliation Center.

"For the time of the withdrawal of civilians, the Syrian troops halted their offensive," Konashekov told reporters.

He noted that the Syrian troops would continue the liberation of eastern Aleppo after the completion of the evacuation.

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