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MORE THAN 3,000 people left the rebel enclave of Aleppo this morning, raising hope for many others still stranded, as Russia eased its objections to sending UN observers to oversee the evacuations.
A convoy of around 20 buses crossed the front line in the early morning headed for rebel-held territory elsewhere in northern Syria, after around 350 people got out during the night.
They were the first departures since Friday when the government suspended evacuations insisting that people also be allowed to leave two northwestern villages under rebel siege.
A medic said the latest evacuees were in a “terrible state” after their departure was delayed for hours in temperatures well below freezing, compounding their plight from months of siege and bombardment by the army.
The new evacuations from the devastated enclave came as a monitoring group said rebels had finally allowed convoys out of two villages they have besieged since spring last year.
Around 500 people left in a dawn convoy out of Fuaa and Kafraya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said.
Government demands for evacuations from the two Shiite-majority villages had put the whole process on hold for days, and on Sunday rebels attacked buses sent to bring people out, killing one of the drivers.
Around 350 people in five buses made it out of Aleppo during the night after Russia and Turkey urged the Syrian regime to allow a convoy of buses to pass its final control point, the Observatory said.
It was regime ally Moscow and rebel supporter Ankara that brokered a first evacuation deal last week to end a blistering month-long government assault on the one-time rebel bastion in east Aleppo.
‘Terrible state’
“Five buses carrying the evacuees arrived from besieged parts of east Aleppo,” said Ahmad al-Dbis, who heads a team of doctors and volunteers coordinating evacuations.
“They were in a terrible state,” Dbis told AFP.
“They hadn’t eaten, they had nothing to drink, the children had caught colds, they were not even able to go to the toilet.”
Dbis said he saw families wrapped in several layers of coats getting off the buses.
One young boy was biting into an apple while aid workers distributed packs of bottled water to his family.
Evacuations were suspended on Friday, a day after convoys of people had begun leaving the rebel sector under a deal allowing the regime to take full control of the battleground city.
The main obstacle to a resumption had been the dispute over how many people would be evacuated in parallel from the two Shiite villages.
A rebel representative said that hundreds of people would also be evacuated from Zabadani and Madaya, two rebel towns near the Lebanese border under siege by the army, as part of the deal.
Iran’s official news agency IRNA said the foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran would meet in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
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Trump gonna win bigly
Trump 2024
@Fintan Pox: ….and the rest of the world loses! Even the U.S. does, good luck with yer own war, we’ll be occupied by ours!
@Chutes: hi liz/ brendan/kevin…… NOBODY LOSES with peace & prosperity. MAGA TRUMP2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: Make sense please or you’ll do my job of embarrassing you for me and there’ll be no fun in it for me.
Gimme something even close to sensible, pleases!!
@Ken Mc Carthy: Joe Biden will be voting for Donald Trump
Hufflepuff news did an article om cult leaders
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cult-leaders-personality-traits-common_l_65c17191e4b0dbc806adcdba
It would be interesting to see one on cult followers.
In particular, why do some people *need* someone to look up to, someone to follow?
What is missing in their lives?
Why do think so little of themselves?
Why do they have such low self-esteem?
Trump is not the Messiah, he’s just a very naughty boy.
USA is a basket case.
@Ken Mc Carthy: Lies and you know it.
@willie tierney: Og course the “Ken Kc Carthy” account knows these to be lies.
That account is here to spread misinformation, to disrupt democracy.
I cant wait for Donald Trump to take over from Genocide Joe Biden.
@Dave Callaghan: What do you think will happen?
Still no sign of Brendan/Kevin/Liz/Stephen, them results must have affected him badly and bigly lol
@Fintan Pox: ah jeez….. no need to go rubbing salt in the wounds….lol … sure was a BAD day in the office for the ‘ Kevin, liz, brendan, Stephen, chute’ trol yesterday, tail firmly wedged between legs!
@Ken Mc Carthy: “chute’ trol “? This aimed at me? Nice! I have time.
@Ken Mc Carthy: chutes is on here, aka Brendan/Kevin/Liz/Stephen lol
@Fintan Pox: 1+1=? If you can answer that correctly we can engage, given that ur love for Ken means you must rush to the princess’s aid, have at it!
Go Trump, time to crush every beta male lo ser everywhere, easily offended lo s er s.
@Kerry Block layer: ‘Kerry Blockhead’ would have been a more suitable account name.
There’s never been a more easily offended loser than Trump.
@Brendan O’Brien: lol, you’d certainly be the ‘go to’ guy for advice on naming accounts!!! No idea how you monitor them all….. well done for not letting yesterdays landside victory ( for common sense) ‘throw’ you off the trolling train
@Ken Mc Carthy: You really are dim. You claim that I and ‘LIz Dunning’ are the same person, for example, when our opinions could not be more different on Israel/Palestine.
I have no need or use for more than one account.
@Ken Mc Carthy: @Ken Mc Carthy: Where does the article support the lies you tell?
Meanwhile Goofy Joe is back to his mental gaffes, the day after his Adderall wore off!
The Dems are drugging an old man on a desperate attempt to cling on to power.
Elder abuse is a crime
@Paul: what’s your take on his rival sexually abusing women?
@willie tierney: lol, just ( for once) READ the article before throwing in the biden.bot insults & lies….. it’s there in the article
@Ken Mc Carthy: Imagine coming out with the shyte you do on a daily basis.
@Ken Mc Carthy: you’re some muppet
@Ken Mc Carthy: Ah, you are clever enough (hahahaha) to attach all thes people to me, joking obviously, you’re clearly not a person who understands much.
There is a tendency in the circles you doubtlessly spin in to accuse others of doing what you yourself are doing by way off attack as deflection, is that what’s happening here?
@Ken Mc Carthy: Imagine spouting shyte all day! Oh, you don’t need to imagine! How do you keep it up, why are you so invested in your desired outcome?
@Chutes: hi liz/kevin/brendan/Stephen…. fairplay to ya for going trolling today– thought yesterday would’ve kicked legs from under ya, but you’re right…. get right back on the horse, lol
Screw Biden now also. Continual oversight of child massacres and his refusal to intervene or even withdraw military support, leaves him FIRMLY on the wrong side of GENOCIDE, right beside Netanyahu.
@Ken Mc Carthy: Hey there Ken, it’s Kevin one account Kerr here. It may surprise your thick head to know that I voted “no” in the care referendum. It didn’t go far enough for me, and I didn’t trust the state’s intention. I do however agree that we need to remove this sexist language from our constitution, but they need to do more work on the replacement wording. Similarly, I strongly believe that we need to recognise families that are not based on marriage, so they need to go away and work on the wording. The government fecked up royally
Trump all the way. The Trump Wow effect will win, War On Woke all the way. Next EU tariffs and trade wars, US multinationals pulling out of Ireland for tax.. It’s going to be a long long ride so buckle up!
It’s going to be sad days when an orange-faced dictatorship wins the election.
A zombie or a liar? What a choice for the American people
@Marc Power: A zombie?
I presume you are referring to Biden.
But you would only believe that if you buy into the narrative of the US media.
Which is billionaire and corporate owned.
Take a look at the achievements of the Biden administration – which the US media does not want to discuss, except to try to find fault – and decide for yourself.
Take a look at unedited* copies of the State of the Union address.
Do these think suggest anything other than Biden has a sharp incisive mind.
Even a simple thing such as how he deal with hecklers – like that low Klass MTG – shows both an alertness and quick intelligence.
Trump on the other hand has no redeeming qualities.
@Marc Power: and ireland?
Says alot about American politics when all they have are these 2
They can’t debate about anything 1 is too old the other is a spoilt child. It’s a disgrace just name calling like school kids. What is going on in the looney asylum of a country
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