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A Syrian civilian, who was evacuated from the Shiite villages of Fuaa and Kafraya and who is in poor health condition, is loaded into a bus by members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent before heading to Homs in order to receive medical care on December 22, 2016 at a makeshift shelter in Jibrin on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo. A week into the rebel withdrawal from the east of Syria's second city, the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the one-time opposition stronghold appeared to be reaching its final hours. / AFP / GEORGE OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images)

A Syrian civilian, who was evacuated from the Shiite villages of Fuaa and Kafraya and who is in poor health condition, is loaded into a bus by members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent before heading to Homs in order to receive medical care on December 22, 2016 at a makeshift shelter in Jibrin on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo.
A week into the rebel withdrawal from the east of Syria's second city, the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the one-time opposition stronghold appeared to be reaching its final hours. / AFP / GEORGE OURFALIAN        (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images)