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Footage Released Of People Fleeing Aleppo On Foot Amid Heavy Gunfire

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10:48 17 Dec 2016


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Footage has emerged of people trying to flee Eastern Aleppo on foot, as heavy fighting continues around them.

The UN believes thousands of people are still trapped on the east of the city, after an operation to take anti-government supporters out of the area was suspended.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These ppl waited in cold &amp; rain all day to leave E. Aleppo, only to flee in panic amid gunfire after deal broke down. One guy crying /1 <a href="https://t.co/HwZEAW6cPA">pic.twitter.com/HwZEAW6cPA</a></p>&mdash; Anne Barnard (@ABarnardNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABarnardNYT/status/809911563784228864">December 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, footage released by Channel 4 shows the horror innocent families face in the city following an attack. *Warning, content may be distressing for some viewers*

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Aleppo is a place where the children have stopped crying.&quot; Scenes of sheer terror and grief in the last hospital in the last days of Aleppo <a href="https://t.co/sy1NgjD4gY">pic.twitter.com/sy1NgjD4gY</a></p>&mdash; Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) <a href="https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/809870599333945344">December 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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