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  • 10:34

    3,000 leave rebel Aleppo in new evacuations

    (AFP) - An estimated 3,000 people were evacuated from the last rebel-held pocket of Syria's Aleppo early on Monday after hours of
    delay, a medical official told AFP.

    "About 20 buses carrying people from Aleppo have arrived" at the staging ground west of the city, said Dr Ahmad Dbis, who heads a team of doctors and
    volunteers coordinating evacuations.

    Another 25 vehicles arrived less than two hours later, he said, bringing the total evacuated on Monday morning to around 3,000 people.