Syria’s army on Tuesday made a last call for the last remaining militants to leave eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, a military source reported.
“The army is expected to enter (Aleppo) to clean the area after the fighters leave,” the source said.
He said soldiers “issued a call over megaphones to the remaining militants who want to leave, to exit the eastern districts.”
Thousands of militants and their families have been evacuated from Syria’s second city since a landmark deal — brokered by Turkey and Russia — was reached last week.
The agreement paves the way for the government to declare full control over Aleppo.
Aleppo was once Syria’s commercial and industrial hub, but it has been divided since 2012 between government forces in the west and militant control in the east.
Government forces launched a wide-scale operation in mid-November to capture the whole city, and had seized more than 90 percent of the eastern half when the evacuation deal was struck.
Source: Agencies
