Evacuees from the Shi’ite Muslim villages of al-Foua and Kefraya ride a bus at insurgent-held al-Rashideen in Aleppo province, Syria Dec. 22, 2016. (Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters)””The Syrian army said on Thursday that it had retaken complete control of Aleppo after the last rebel fighters were evacuated from the city, handing President Bashar al-Assad his biggest victory of the war.
The army said it had brought “security and safety”
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