Civilians evacuated from the rebel-held areas of Aleppo await medical aid in front of a Russian temporary medical center at the Jibreen temporary shelter in southern Aleppo, northen Syria, on Dec. 9, 2016. Nearly 5,000 civilians have evacuated rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, an official source told Xinhua. Leaving the rebel-held part in the east of Aleppo, the civilians arrived in batches to the Jibreen temporary shelter south of the city, said Ala Addien Qasab, an official with the Aleppo Relief Committee. The International Committee of the Red Cross said last week that over 30,000 civilians had fled eastern Aleppo toward the government-controlled areas. (Xinhua/Yang Zhen)
