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48 Women, Children Flee Aleppo as Airstrikes Ceased

48 Women, Children Flee Aleppo as Airstrikes Ceased
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Aleppo has not seen any Russian or Syrian air raids on the city for a week, creating all the preconditions for the humanitarian pause to work, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, as terrorists in eastern part of the city continue to hold civilians hostage.

48 Women, Children Flee Aleppo as Airstrikes Ceased

Russian and Syrian aircraft have not flown near Aleppo for the past seven days, Russia's defense ministry said, reiterating that six humanitarian corridors are open for civilians to flee. Almost 50 women and children left the area on Monday.

"In the last seven days, the Russian and Syrian air forces have completely stopped flying over Aleppo," Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said, adding that the jets "do not approach or conduct strikes" anywhere in the vicinity of the city.

The spokesman added that civilians can use six humanitarian corridors to leave the city. They will then be treated at reception centers and offered first aid and hot food.

"Late on Monday, October 24, 48 women and children accompanied by officers of the Russian reconciliation center and Syrian authorities left eastern Aleppo through humanitarian corridor. They have been provided with the necessary medical aid, hot meals, and night accommodation," Konashenkov added.

Last week, Damascus and Moscow stopped carrying out airstrikes in eastern Aleppo and opened a number of humanitarian corridors for those wishing to escape the areas of the city controlled by terrorists, in the hope that the temporary truce would lead to a complete ceasefire.

Despite the humanitarian pause having been prolonged several times, militants repeatedly sabotaged the ceasefire efforts, shelling humanitarian corridors and killing civilians.

As people remain trapped in eastern Aleppo, the Syrian branch of the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC] called on ground forces to facilitate safe passage for civilians out of the areas.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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