Aleppo evacuations resume after delays
Evacuations from the last rebel-held enclave of Aleppo have resumed despite heavy snowfall after being stalled for a day, according to aid officials and pro-government media reports; Aljazeera reported.
Obstacles hindering evacuations from eastern Aleppo and from two villages besieged by opposition fighters outside the city had been overcome on Wednesday, clearing a path for Syria's army to take full control of city.
The operation would be completed within hours, according to a news service run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, an ally of the Syrian government.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) network said in the evening that the last batch of opposition fighters evacuated from the city.
The eventual departure of the thousands from the rebel-controlled zone will hand full control of the city to President Bashar al-Assad, the biggest prize of Syria's nearly six-year-old civil war.
"Buses are now moving again from east Aleppo. We hope that this continues so that people can be safely evacuated," a UN official in Syria told Reuters news agency.
People had been waiting in freezing temperatures in east Aleppo since the evacuation hit problems on Tuesday.
Dozens of buses were stuck in Aleppo and the evacuation of the two Shia villages, Foua and Kefraya, also stalled.
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