The Syrian government has fully recaptured the city of Aleppo from rebel groups, the Syrian army said in Thursday statement. Aleppo has been partially held by anti-Assad rebel groups since 2012, and has seen a growing offensive from government troops over the past month. A representative from the rebel group Ahrar al-Sham confirmed to Al Jazeera that their last convoy had departed what was formerly a rebel-held neighborhood. The fight for the city led to a humanitarian crisis as air strikes leveled civilian homes and left countless dead.
