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| Aleppo evacuations 'suspended' after blasts heard near rebel area, Syrian official says | 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. | 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. | 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 media channel run by Hezbollah, Damascus' ally, said that Sunni Islamist groups had blocked the agreed mirror evacuations of Shia fighters from the loyalist villlages of Kefraya and Foua in Idlib, contributing to the break down of the truce. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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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