Buses Ready for Evacuations, But No Certainty for Aleppo

Buses and ambulances were ready to evacuate people from the last remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, but for the second day in a row there was uncertainty about whether the plan would proceed as agreed. Those in need of medical aid were to be the first taken from eastern Aleppo, which the opposition seized in 2012. Other civilians and rebel fighters would follow later. Activists and local medical officials said pro-government forces fired on an ambulance that tried...

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