MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Last Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry's center for Syrian reconciliation announced the end of the operation to liberate the city from militants who controlled the eastern neighborhoods since 2012. After that, evacuation of militants and their families, as well as evacuation of civilians started from eastern Aleppo. The day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed hope that the process would be completed in a few days.
"Now the pulling out of militants from eastern Aleppo is being completed. Moscow and Ankara closely interact through our defense ministries and general staffs. A series of intense negotiations produced a result, and the liberation of the city has a very important military, strategic and symbolic significance," Peskov told the MIR 24 television channel.
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