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China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-10 07:08
SYRIA
8,000 flee aleppo in last 24 hours
The Russian military said on Friday it had helped more than 8,000 Syrian citizens flee parts of eastern Aleppo still controlled by rebels in the last 24 hours, including almost 3,000 children. The Russian military said that 14 rebels had also surrendered to government forces, laying down their weapons and crossing into western Aleppo. They had all been pardoned, it said.
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