Hezbollah media says ceasefire deal on track to allow rebels to leave Aleppo
AMMAN -- A military media unit run by Damascus's ally Hezbollah said early on Thursday that overnight contacts succeeded in reviving a ceasefire that would lead to the evacuation of rebels from Syria's Aleppo city "within hours".
"Intensive contacts between the responsible parties involved in the negotiations led to re-consolidating a ceasefire to exit armed fighters from eastern districts in the next few hours," the unit said in a statement.
Hezbollah is an armed Lebanese Shi'ite political group backed by Iran that is heavily involved in the fighting in Aleppo.
