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Urgent: Russia tells UN Security Council fighting in eastern Aleppo "has stopped"

Xinhua, December 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Fighting between forces allied with the Syrian government and the opposition in eastern Aleppo "has stopped" and Damascus re-established control, Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told the UN Security Council here Tuesday. Endit