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World Service,4 mins

"We don't want to leave Aleppo."

Newshour

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The Syrian government says some of the three hundred thousand civilians trapped in the rebel-held eastern sector of Aleppo have taken up an offer of safe passage. Syrian state media have been showing pictures of families with women and children boarding buses, along with armed men who appeared to be surrendering to government soldiers. Zouhair, an opposition activist in Aleppo tells the BBC that he is not leaving the city anytime soon. ( Photo: Aleppo, Getty)

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