After Just One Day, Aleppo Evacuations Halted03:41
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December 16, 2016

Residents in a government-held part of Aleppo's Salaheddin neighborhood look out from the balconies of their damaged houses at the road on which the convoy evacuating civilians and rebel fighters from the last rebel-held neighbourhood in the northern Syrian city were supposed to pass on Dec. 16, 2016. (Youssef Karwashan/AFP/Getty Images)

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After just one day, the effort to help the wounded, civilians and rebel fighters leave the Syrian city of Aleppo came to halt Friday.

It's unclear why the evacuation effort was stopped. The government and the opposition blamed each other for the pause. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd checks in with NPR international reporter Alison Meuse (@AliTahmizian).

This segment aired on December 16, 2016.