Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Dozens of buses carrying evacuees from the last rebel-held district of Aleppo traveled to the insurgent-held areas of countryside outside the city early on Monday, a United Nations official and a war monitor said.
BEIRUT Dozens of buses carrying evacuees from the last rebel-held district of Aleppo traveled to the insurgent-held areas of countryside outside the city early on Monday, a United Nations official and a war monitor said.
The U.N. official said 50 buses and two ambulances had left the rebel zone, while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 65 buses had left carrying about 3,500 people.
(Reporting By Angus McDowall- Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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