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Over 2,000 Civilians Escape Eastern Aleppo Sunday Morning

© 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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The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation continues to evacuate civilians from eastern Aleppo.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A total of 2,124 civilians have exited the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo so far on Sunday and nearly 300 militants have surrendered to the Syrian government, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation continues to provide humanitarian assistance to local residents leaving militants-controlled eastern Aleppo neighborhoods; Overnight… 2,124 city residents left Aleppo districts controlled by militants, including 1,007 children. A total of 291 militants laid down their arms and left for the western part of the city," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters.

"The Russian Center for [Syrian] Reconciliation has organized the evacuation of another 8,000 civilians from eastern Aleppo districts through humanitarian corridors," Konashenkov said, adding that all of them are being admitted at special humanitarian centers and provided with food and medical aid.

Militants shell a district in Aleppo. File photo - Sputnik International
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On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported it had evacuated 50,000 civilians from the embattled city through humanitarian corridors.

Aleppo has become the battleground for violent clashes between the government forces and opposition groups, with the latter holding on to a number of districts in the east of the city. The siege of Aleppo has resulted in many of its civilian residents lacking food and basic necessities, their lives threatened.

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