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Concerns for those still left in eastern Aleppo

An anti-Assad Syrian community leader says there are major concerns for the thousands of people still trapped in eastern Aleppo.

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Concerns for those still left in eastern Aleppo

Evacuations have been delayed, with dozens of buses waiting to leave rebel-held areas with the last of the evacuees.

 

The International Committee of the Red Cross says more than 25,000 people have left the city already and all hospitals have also been evacuated.

 

But Khaled Sattouf, speaker for the Syrian Democratic Alliance in Australia, told Maya Jamieson there are many people left behind.

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