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Pro-Assad Forces Execute Dozens of Civilians in Sweep through Rebel-Held Aleppo, Says UN
(Washington Post) Louisa Loveluck and Liz Sly - The UN warned Tuesday that dozens of people may have been executed in the Syrian city of Aleppo as pro-government troops seized what remained of the rebel stronghold. Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN Human Rights Council, said his office received reports that pro-government forces had killed at least 82 civilians, entering homes and killing people "on the spot." Others were reportedly shot as they fled. Under the weight of heavy airstrikes and a massive ground assault, rebel defenses in eastern Aleppo have crumbled over the last week.