Syria to evacuate Aleppo in surrender deal

Syrian rebels have reached a ceasefire deal to evacuate from eastern Aleppo in an effective surrender, as Russia declared all military action had stopped and the Syrian government had assumed control of the former rebel enclave.

The dramatic developments, which appeared to restore the remainder of what was once Syria's largest city to President Bashar Assad's forces after months of heavy fighting and a crippling siege, followed reports of mass killings by government forces closing in on the final few blocks still held by the rebels.