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In Pictures: Battle of Aleppo ends after years of bloodshed
The four-year battle over Aleppo, Syria, is finally over as rebel fighters turn over the territory to the government.
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Dec 14, 2016, 10:42 AM
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Dec 14, 2016, 09:56 AM
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A general view shows Syrian pro-government forces walking in the ancient Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo on Dec 13, 2016, after they captured the area.
PHOTO: AFP
Smoke seen from a government-held area of Aleppo, Syria, on Dec 12, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 28, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
A member of the Syrian government forces stands in a severely damaged street in Aleppo's newly captured Al-Kalasseh neighbourhood in the eastern part of the war torn city on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
A Syrian child cooks in the street in a rebel-held area of Aleppo on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
An injured woman reacts at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria, on April 28, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents walk near damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria, on May 5, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Syrian residents, fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, arrive in Aleppo's Fardos neighbourhood on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
Syrian pro-government forces take a selfie in the courtyard of the ancient Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
Syrians leave a rebel-held area of Aleppo towards the government-held side on Dec 13, 2016 during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake the embattled city.
PHOTO: AFP
Syrian residents, fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, arrive in Aleppo's Fardos neighbourhood on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
Syrian pro-government forces walk in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood after they captured the area in the eastern part of the war torn city on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
Syrian opposition fighters fire towards positions held by Islamic State group jihadists in al-Bab on the north-eastern outskirts of the northern embattled city of Aleppo on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP
The remains of a shell outside Aleppo's historic citadel on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attempts to erect the Syrian national flag inside the Umayyad mosque, in the government-controlled area of Aleppo during a media tour on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stand atop a damaged tank near Umayyad mosque in the government-controlled area of Aleppo on Dec 13, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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