Syrian government forces and its allies started besieging the remaining rebel-held areas in the East of Aleppo on July 2016, in order to take over the strategic city, the regime launched a large offensive and started by bombing heavily all the neighborhoods which resulted killing dozens of civilians including children and elderly. On December, after 6 months of deadly siege, the Assad's regime managed to reach a deal with the oppoisition to evacuate the people in the East of Aleppo (around 13,000 civilians) to rebel-held city of Idlib. The regime succeeded to taking over the whole city of Aleppo by the end of 2016.