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| Aleppo: Syrian army resumes bombardment of city as fragile ceasefire crumbles | |
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| The Syrian army will resume its military operations in Aleppo, the Russian Defence Ministry has said, after reported rebel infringement of the fragile ceasefire. | The Syrian army will resume its military operations in Aleppo, the Russian Defence Ministry has said, after reported rebel infringement of the fragile ceasefire. |
| Russia's Interfax news agency said that the rebel attacks had been repelled and pro-government forces would continue the operation to quash resistance in the last opposition neighbourhoods on Wednesday morning. | |
| Rebel officials reported they had been hit by around 30 minutes of shelling on the last rebel enclaves in the embattled city. | |
| A ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey went into effect on Tuesday evening. It was supposed to include the evacuation of up to 5,000 people to neighbouring rebel-held Idlib province, although no buses have yet left the agreed checkpoints. | |
| It is unclear whether the evacuations will still take place. | |
| Between 50,000 - 100,000 people are thought to still be trapped in the last slivers of rebel territory in east Aleppo after the Syrian army and Iran-backed militas captured all but a few remaining neighbourhoods in the divided city on Monday. | |
| Reports of the executions of 82 civilians by pro-government militias, including women and children, have alarmed rights groups and the international community. | |
| More to follow | More to follow |