Razed to the ground: Aleppo battle ends after years of bloodshed
14 Dec 2016 12:22 PM IST14 Dec 2016 12:22 PM IST
A commander with the Jabha Shamiya rebel group said that Aleppo was a moral victory for the insurgents.
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a ceasefire.- A Syrian soldier carries a wounded woman in eastern Aleppo, Syria.
- Syrians leave a rebel-held area of Aleppo towards the government-held side during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake the embattled city.
- A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria.
- A child cooks in the streets of a rebel-held area of the city of Aleppo, where at least 62 children have been killed since mid-November.
- Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching walk inside the destroyed Grand Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo, Syria.
- Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching walk inside the destroyed Grand Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo, Syria.
- Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching through the streets of east Aleppo, Syria.
- More than 130,000 civilians have fled eastern parts of Aleppo since the start of the regime's offensive in mid-November, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a ceasefire.
A commander with the Jabha Shamiya rebel group said that Aleppo was a moral victory for the insurgents.
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