STurning Point in Syria as Assad Regains All of Aleppo
By MEGAN SPECIA 1:27Syrian Government Declares It Has Retaken Aleppo
Video The evacuation of civilians and fighters from the last rebel-held part of Aleppo ended on Thursday after a week of stops and starts. Freezing weather caused long delays, but President Bashar al-Assad’s forces announced complete control of the city for the first time since 2012.
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By BEN HUBBARD
DECEMBER 22, 2016
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The evacuation of civilians and fighters from the last rebel-held part of Aleppo concluded on Thursday after long delays because of frigid weather, putting all of Syria’s industrial capital back in the hands of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for the first time since 2012.