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| Aleppo evacuations 'suspended' after blasts heard near rebel area, Syrian official says | |
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| Explosions have been heard near a checkpoint where thousands of fighters and civilians are waiting to be evacuated from rebel-held east Aleppo, witnesses on the ground have told Reuters. | Explosions have been heard near a checkpoint where thousands of fighters and civilians are waiting to be evacuated from rebel-held east Aleppo, witnesses on the ground have told Reuters. |
| Four blasts occurred at Rasmouseh, the area from which convoys have been departing, a source said on Friday morning. Syrian state TV reported rebel gunfire, which pro-opposition sources disputed, claiming shots had been fired by pro-government Shia miliitas. | |
| The evacuations to neighbouring rebel-held Idlib province have been suspended, a Syrian miltary official said. It is not clear whether the suspension is permanent or temporary. A World Heath Organisation (WHO) spokesperson said that all WHO and Syrian Arab Red Cross workers have been told to leave the city, taking buses and ambulances with them. | |
| A previous ceasefire which went into effect on Tuesday evening broke down after 12 hours, after which heavy fighting and shelling in the wartorn city resumed. | |
| Around 8,000 people managed to leave the city on Thursday, but there could be up to 50,000 still trapped in the last slivers of rebel territory, the UN says. | |
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