REUTERS - People in rebel-held
eastern Aleppo have been packing their bags and burning personal possessions as
they prepare to evacuate the area, a witness said,
fearing looting by the
Syrian army and its Iran-backed allied militias when they restore control.
Eastern Aleppo
residents were seen burning things they could not take with them, such as
pictures, books, clothes and even a car, a Reuters witness said, since an
evacuation deal was announced late on Tuesday.
The ceasefire and
evacuation agreement brokered by Russia, Syrian President Bashir al-Assad's
most powerful ally, and Turkey ended years of fighting in the city and has
given Assad his biggest victory yet after more than five years of war.
The evacuation was
expected to have begun at dawn on Wednesday but has been delayed for reasons
which are not yet clear, war monitor the Syrian Observatory has said.
REUTERS
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