Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Inside Story

Abandoning Aleppo: Evacuation of rebel-held areas

Abandoning Aleppo: Evacuation of rebel-held areas

It is an evacuation that effectively ends a four-year battle for what was Syria's financial centre and largest city before the civil war erupted.

Thousands of rebels, their family members and other civilians are being moved out of the last opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo.

What happens to them now?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Marwan Kabalan - Syrian political analyst at the Doha Institute

Nour Hallak - field coordinator with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Idlib province

Dr Annie Sparrow - deputy director of human rights programme at Mount Sinai in New York

Ralph el Hage - representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Amman, Jordan

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.