‘Syrian army pulling back to allow opposition to leave Aleppo’

The Syrian army is observing a temporary ceasefires in Aleppo to alleviate the humanitarian situation there and has pulled back to enable opposition fighters to leave the city via two designated corridors, Syria’s Foreign Ministry said.

“The government will use all means to stabilise the situation in Aleppo and transfer civilians without restrictions and bring in humanitarian aid,” it said in a statement carried by state television and news agencies.

The news comes after the Syrian government’s ally, Russia, whose air force is backing the Syrian army in Aleppo, said it will observe a temporary ceasefire tomorrow.

Russian military revealed today that they would extend the humanitarian pause in Syria’s Aleppo by three hours to 19.00 local time on tomorrow, Russian army official Sergei Rudskoy said at a briefing.

Russia says it stopped air strikes in Aleppo on Tuesday.