Empty buses that are going to be used to evacuated Syrians from eastern Aleppo enter the embattled city through the Ramoussa crossing Customized Minnesota Vikings Jersey , on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, on December 20, 2016. (AFPXinhua) ALEPPO, Syria, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Syrian military source told Xinhua Wednesday that the rebel evacuation from eastern Aleppo city in northern Syria is ongoing, as an official at the International Committee of the Red Cross said 30,000 civilians have been evacuated from that part of the city.
The rebel evacuation is ongoing till the last rebel leaves eastern Aleppo, said the military source, adding that the army will declare the city free of rebels when the last rebel leaves.
The evacuation is part of a deal concluded recently between Russia and Turkey. It included the evacuation of civilians from the Shiite towns of Kafraya and Foa, which are besieged by the rebels in the northwestern province of Idlib.
It came as the Syrian army was on a crushing offensive against the rebel-held part of Aleppo, which resulted in wresting back control over 99 percent of eastern Aleppo.
The evacuation operation has been ongoing since last Thursday, and the rebels were leaving in buses and cars through the Ramouseh crossing south of Aleppo toward rebel-held areas in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo.
Meanwhile, Inji Sidki, a Syria-based official at the ICRC, told Xinhua that 30,000 civilians, including those with medical conditions, have been evacuated from eastern Aleppo since last Thursday.
She said that the last hospital in eastern Aleppo has become empty, adding that all patients have been evacuated, along with other people in need of urgent medical help.
NAIROBI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- There will be no love lost when Olympic bronze medalist Margaret Wambui of Kenya meets South African Caster Semenya in the Diamond League or World Championships in 2017.
Though Semenya beat Wambui to the gold in Rio, the Kenyan youth, 22, is plotting a new strategy to end the reign of the South African.
"The Olympic Games marked my first time to compete against her. It was a remarkable experience during which I learnt she was a better runner than me, which has forced me to go back to the drawing board," she said on Friday.
Alongside Semenya, Wambui notes that there is a chance Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba can stage a surprise and she should be on the guard against it.
"The 800m race is a strong competition with new people coming up every time. But there is this Burundian girl, she is strong and I hope to challenge her," she said.
Niyonsaba edged out Wambui in Rio to settle for silver behind Semenya. But with a new Season, Wambui is counting on her legs to do the talking.
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