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Eastern Aleppo falls to the government

December 2016Key eventAleppo

MilitaryHumanitarianTerritorial change

After months of siege and a bombardment campaign that drew international condemnation, the last rebel enclaves of eastern Aleppo surrender; fighters and tens of thousands of civilians are evacuated to Idlib under a Russian-Turkish arrangement.

Why it mattersAleppo's fall announced the Russian-enabled reconquest and the siege-and-evacuate model that concentrated the rebellion into Idlib — building the enclave from which the 2024 offensive would come.

Confidence: HighSources: Established historical record · UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria ↗Methodology Corrections

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