In comments after meeting a senior Iranian delegation, Assad also said the battlefield successes were a “basic step on the road to ending terrorism in the whole of Syrian territory and creating the right circumstances for a solution to end the war”.
The last group of civilians and rebels holed up in a small enclave is expected to leave in the next 24 hours.
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Assad says Aleppo’s capture also victory for Iranian and Russian allies
22 December 2016
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Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Thursday the regaining of full control of the northern city of Aleppo was a victory for his Russian and Iranian allies as much as his own country.
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