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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
Russia, US to discuss rebel pullout from Aleppo
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s foreign minister says Moscow and Washington agree to call a meeting to discuss the withdrawal of Syrian rebels from Aleppo.
Sergey Lavrov says after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Hamburg that they agreed to call a meeting of military experts and diplomats in Geneva on Saturday.
He says they would work on a document outlining details of the rebels’ exit from Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods, along with civilians who are also willing to leave the city.
The Syrian government has dismissed calls for a ceasefire, as its troops press their offensive on the rebel-held enclave.
Lavrov says the Syrian army suspended its advance today to allow some 8,000 civilians to leave the city in a convoy spreading across 5 kilometers.
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