An
arrangement has been reached for militants to leave the besieged
areas of eastern “within hours,” Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly
Churkin said, confirming earlier media reports.
"My
latest information is that they indeed have an arrangement achieved
on the ground that the fighters are going to leave the city,"
Churkin said Tuesday ahead of the emergency UN Security Council
meeting in New York.
According to
Churkin, the militants, who have been holed up in eastern Aleppo for
years, are scheduled to leave the city "within hours." The
envoy added that the withdrawal of militant fighters will put the
city under the control of the Syrian government and there will be no
need for eastern Aleppo residents to leave their homes.
During his
speech at the meeting, Churkin told the UNSC members that the
“counterterrorist operation in Aleppo will conclude in the next
few hours.” The fighters are currently leaving the city through
corridors that they chose themselves, including ones leading to
Syria’s Idlib province, Churkin stressed.
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