Last remaining rebels and civilians await Aleppo evacuation

The last Syrian rebels and civilians are awaiting evacuation from the remainder of what was once a rebel enclave in eastern Aleppo, a day after the UN Security Council approved sending observers to monitor the exodus.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 15,000 people, among them 5,000 opposition fighters, have left the enclave since the rebels effectively surrendered the area under a deal brokered by Turkey and Russia.