Aleppo departs: Residents board ambulances, buses to leave home

People gather to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo. (REUTERS)

Published on: Dec 15, 2016 7:23 PM IST

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People gather to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo. (REUTERS)

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People get on buses to be evacuated from al-Sukkari rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo on Thursday. (REUTERS)

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Children on a bus during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighbourhoods in the embattled city of Aleppo. (AFP)

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Syrians gather during the evacuation A convoy of ambulances and buses left rebel territory in Aleppo in the first evacuations under a deal for opposition fighters to leave the city after years of fighting. (AFP)

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A man pushes a cart with a woman lying on it as vehicles wait to evacuate people from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo. (REUTERS)

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Buses line up during the evacuation. (AFP)

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A Syrian child being carried for the evacuation operation. The rebel withdrawal will pave the way for President Bashar al-Assad's forces to reclaim complete control of Syria's second city, handing the regime its biggest victory in more than five years of civil war. (AFP)

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Buses and ambulances wait to evacuate civilians and rebels from eastern Aleppo.

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This image released by the Thiqa News Agency, shows civilians gathering for evacuation from eastern Aleppo. (AP)

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Syrian residents flee violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood. (AFP)