Russia offers to secure rebel evacuation from Syria's Aleppo

Russia offers to secure rebel evacuation from Syria's Aleppo Aleppo, Syria (AFP) Oct 13, 2016 - Russia said Thursday it was prepared to secure safe passage for rebels to quit Syria's Aleppo but kept up air strikes on the battleground city as world powers readied new truce talks. Syria has been plunged into some of the worst violence of its five-year war since the collapse last month of a truce brokered by Washington and Moscow. The ensuing surge in fighting has accompanied a large- ... more

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