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Aleppo battle ends after four years of seige

The final phase of the evacuation ended when a convoy carrying nearly 150 people departed towards rebel-held areas outside the city.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-12-23 07:44 GMT
Syrian army took complete control of Aleppo after the last rebel fighters were evacuated from the city, handing President Bashar al-Assad his biggest victory of the war. Syrians celebrate in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, after the army said it has retaken full control of the country's second city.
Pro-government soldiers walk amid the snow of Aleppo.
Buses are seen during an evacuation operation of Syrian rebel fighters.
At least 34,000 people, both civilians and fighters, have been evacuated from east Aleppo in a week-long operation hampered by severe winter weather.
Syrian rebels being evacuated from Aleppo drive through a rebel-held territory near Rashidin.
Syrian rebel fighters, arrive in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Assal region.
Syrians, who left the last rebel-held pockets of Syria's northen city of Aleppo, arrive on December 22, 2016 in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Assal region, west of the embattled city.
Syrian rebel fighters, are evacuated from Aleppo towards rebel-held territory.
The final phase of the evacuation ended when a convoy carrying nearly 150 people departed towards rebel-held areas outside the city.

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