(9 Dec 2016) The U.N.'s special envoy to Syria says a meeting on Saturday between Moscow and Washington is extremely important because it could result in avoiding "massive destruction" if a plan for the evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo can be worked out.
Staffan de Mistura said in an interview with The Associated Press at the United Nations on Friday that "the writing on the wall looks as if eastern Aleppo's battle is virtually over," and he hopes the meeting in Geneva will lead to an alternative to the bloodshed that would surely come with the last part of the battle for the city.
Hundreds of Syrian civilians streamed out on foot from the eastern part of Aleppo on Friday in the wake of the relentless campaign by Syrian government troops and allies including Russia to drive rebels from their rapidly crumbling enclave.
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