Explosion rocks east Aleppo

Video: Nightmare vision: Video shows the destruction of Aleppo An explosion has rocked eastern Aleppo as people were returning to their homes after the Government assumed full control of the city earlier this week.
New airstrikes on a rebel-held town near Aleppo killed at least five people, state TV reported.
It comes as new video footage reveals the scale ..

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Last Syrian rebel convoy leaves Aleppo

Image Caption: Syrian forces have regained control of Aleppo from rebels The last convoy of rebels and civilians has left eastern Aleppo as Syrian government forces announce they have fully retaken the city.
Thousands of people have been evacuated this month following heavy bombardment by Syrian and Russian jets.
The country"s president Bashar al Assad..

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Last convoy of rebels and civilians leaves Aleppo

Image Caption: Syrian forces have regained control of Aleppo from rebels The last convoy of rebels and civilians has left eastern Aleppo as Syrian government forces announce they have retaken the city.
Thousands of people have been evacuated this month following heavy bombardment by Syrian and Russian jets.
The country"s Bashar al Assad says taking bac..

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Assad: Aleppo also a victory for Russia and Iran

Image Caption: Syrian forces have regained control of Aleppo from rebels Syria"s Bashar al Assad says the recapturing of eastern Aleppo from rebel forces is as much a victory for Russia and Iran as his own country.
The president"s comments came as Russia claimed its air campaign against the besieged city had killed 25,000 “fighters” since Septembe..

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Final evacuations from Aleppo resume in snow

Image Caption: Evacuees walk in a snow covered street The final phase of evacuations from former rebel-held parts of Aleppo is under way, with families braving the sleet and snow to leave the city.
The last hospital patients in east Aleppo have now been moved, as have all residents needing urgent medical care, according to the International Committee of the..

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Assad forces "recapture eastern Aleppo"

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation Syrian government forces have completed the operation to “liberate” rebel-held eastern Aleppo, according to Russia"s defence ministry.
In a statement, the ministry said loyalist troops were eliminating the “last pockets of resistance” in the city.
It said: “The operation of liberation of Eastern Aleppo, cont..

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Assad forces recapture Aleppo, Russia claims

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation Syrian government forces have completed the operation to “liberate” rebel-held eastern Aleppo, according to Russia"s defence ministry.
In a statement, the ministry said loyalist troops were eliminating the “last pockets of resistance” in the city.
It said: “The operation of liberation of Eastern Aleppo, cont..

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Assad forces complete Aleppo operation, Russia claims

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation Syrian government forces have completed the operation to “liberate” rebel-held eastern Aleppo, according to Russia"s defence ministry.
In a statement, the ministry said loyalist troops were “liquidating” points of rebel resistance in the city.
At least four explosions were reported in Aleppo on Friday and th..

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Aleppo evacuation halted as "rebels hit convoy"

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation Explosions have taken place at the location where buses were waiting to take civilians and rebel fighters from eastern Aleppo, according to reports.
At least four blasts were reported on Friday and the operation to evacuate the 50,000 people left in a tiny part of the east of the city was suspended due to “obstru..

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Blasts heard as thousands try to flee Aleppo

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation Explosions have taken place at the location where buses were waiting to take civilians and rebel fighters from eastern Aleppo, according to reports.
The operation to evacuate the 50,000 people left in a tiny part of the east of the city was suspended on Friday due to “obstructions”, according to Syrian officials…

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Thousands flee Aleppo amid war crimes evidence

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation The operation to evacuate the 50,000 civilians and rebels left in the war-torn city of Aleppo could take days, the Red Cross has said.
Thousands left the besieged city on Thursday under a deal that will allow Syria"s regime to take full control of Aleppo after years of fighting.
The Russian Defence Ministry ..

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Thousands flee Aleppo amid "war crimes evidence"

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation The operation to evacuate the 50,000 civilians and rebels left in the war-torn city of Aleppo could take days, the Red Cross has said.
Thousands left the besieged city on Thursday under a deal that will allow Syria"s regime to take full control of Aleppo after years of fighting.
The Russian Defence Ministry ..

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Aleppo evacuation "could take days"

Video: Drone footage shows Aleppo evacuation The operation to evacuate the 50,000 civilians and rebels left in the war-torn city of Aleppo could take days, the Red Cross has said.
Thousands left the besieged city on Thursday under a deal that will allow Syria"s regime to take full control of Aleppo after years of fighting.
Three convoys left Aleppo car..

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Sanctions and strong words do little for Aleppo

Image Caption: Hundreds of civilians have been leaving the east of Aleppo Darren McCaffrey Political Correspondent Twitter Follow Darren This morning, speaking through an interpreter on the steps of the EU"s headquarters, the Aleppo ambassador pleaded with the European Union to adopt a “courageous position”.
A stark appeal to a political body that has..

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Assad: "History" is being made in Aleppo

Video: Evacuation from Aleppo of rebels and civilians Bashar al Assad has said “history is being made” in a video message about “liberating” Aleppo from anti-government forces.
Speaking in a Twitter clip, the president said: “What is happening today is the writing of a history written by every Syrian citizen.
“The writing did not start today, it started six..

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Assad: History is being made in Aleppo

Video: Evacuation from Aleppo of rebels and civilians Bashar al Assad has said “history is being made” in a video message about “liberating” Aleppo.
In the clip on his Twitter account, the president said: “What is happening today is the writing of a history written by every Syrian citizen.
“The writing did not start today, it started six years ago when the ..

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Assad: Aleppo "liberation" is historic

Video: Evacuation from Aleppo of rebels and civilians Hundreds of civilians have started to leave eastern Aleppo headed for rebel-held areas outside the city.
Images on Syrian television showed at least 17 buses and 10 ambulances leaving the rebel-held area of Aleppo carrying people being evacuated as part of a ceasefire deal.
A Syrian official said 951 peo..

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Aleppo: West gathering possible war crime evidence

Image copyright Reuters Western forces are using satellites and unmanned aircraft to gather evidence of possible war crimes in Syria, the UK government has confirmed.
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Aleppo as fighting continues.
The Foreign Office said no UK government drones were operating over Aleppo, but the Syrian opposition had been trained to collect evidence.
Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood said those committing crimes against humanity may “be held to account”
Former chancellor George Osborne told MPs in an emergency Commons debate on Tuesday that the situation in Aleppo was due to “a vacuum of Western and British leadership”.
Also on Tuesday, the UN said civilians were being killed deliberately by militias supporting President Bashar al-Assad"s government.
The government has said that as well as using aerial surveillance, evidence of alleged atrocities is being collected from open source social media and local testimony from activists on the ground.
In a ..

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Assad: Aleppo truce aimed at "saving terrorists"

Video: Aleppo street selfie as the bombs rain down Bashar al Assad has hit out at the fragile ceasefire in Aleppo – which has collapsed after less than a day.
The Syrian president said it was designed to “keep the terrorists and save them” and stop his government"s advance on the last tiny pockets of resistance.
He said western countries had pressured ..

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Aleppo: West "gathering possible war crime evidence"

Image copyright Reuters Western forces are using satellites and unmanned aircraft to gather evidence of possible war crimes in Syria, the BBC has learned.
Government sources said the aerial photographs would be used to identify potential breaches of international humanitarian law.
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Aleppo as fighting continues.
A government source said justice would “catch up” with those carrying out war crimes.
Former chancellor George Osborne told MPs in an emergency Commons debate on Tuesday that the situation in Aleppo was due to “a vacuum of Western and British leadership”.
Also on Tuesday, the UN said civilians were being killed deliberately by militias supporting the Syrian government.
UK government sources said that as well as using aerial surveillance, Britain and the US were gathering evidence of alleged atrocities from open source social media and local testimony from activists on the ground.
They said the lesson they had learned from Iraq was to gath..

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