Syrian army eliminating Aleppo’s last ‘pockets of resistance’: Moscow

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MOSCOW: Russian military on Friday said that the Syrian army is in the process of clearing the last rebel fighters from Aleppo, declaring the operation to take control of the city complete.

“The Syrian army’s operation to liberate rebel-controlled eastern Aleppo neighbourhoods is complete. Syrian government troops are liquidating the radicals’ last pockets of resistance,” the defence ministry said in a statement.