Residents celebrate Aleppo’s full liberation
Published on Dec 22, 2016
Scenes of jubilation on the streets of Aleppo; the residents of the Syrian city celebrate its full liberation following the evacuation of the last batch of militants from Aleppo’s east. The Syrian army spokesman says Aleppo liberation has ushered in a new era of fight against terror. He called on all militants to lay down arms pledging to carry on with anti-terror operations until the full liberation of entire Syria. The army’s announcement came after the last convoy, carrying militants and their families, left eastern Aleppo earlier on Thursday. The United Nations says more than 34-thousand people, including four-thousand militants, have left the area since mid December. Anti-Damascus militants seized Aleppo’s eastern side back in 2012.7
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