Hundreds of civilians have fled rebel-held eastern Aleppo after government forces, determined to retake all of Syria’s second city, seized its largest opposition-controlled district. Syrian army recaptures part of rebel-held east Aleppo Read moreMasaken Hanano was the first district the rebels took in the summer of 2012, in a move that divided the city into a rebel-held east and a regime-controlled west. The civilians fled to Masaken Hanano after it fell under government control and were taken by the army to regime-held areas, the Observatory said. “It is the first exodus of this kind from east Aleppo since 2012,” its chief, Rami Abdel Rahman, said. That took to 219 the overall number of civilians killed, including 27 children, since the government launched its latest assault on eastern Aleppo on 15 November.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2016 15:50 UTC