Syria:

All Needed Grounds Paved to Evacuate Civilians, Injured from Eastern Aleppo

RNA - The Syrian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that all the required conditions have been created to ensure safe evacuation of civilians and injured from Eastern Aleppo.

News ID: 424418

Date: 19 October 2016 - 21:53

RNA - According to the ministry, units of the Syrian army have withdrawn from Aleppo to specified distance for a safe evacuation of civilians, Sputnik reported.

In addition, two special corridors have been set up for opposition militants, allowing them to leave safely the Eastern the combat zones in Eastern parts of the embattled city, the ministry said.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry extended for three more hours the previously announced humanitarian pause in Aleppo, which will start at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) and run through 19:00 on October 20.

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