UN Security Council adopt resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations from rebel-held east Aleppo and the safety of civilians

    The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations from rebel-held east Aleppo and the safety of civilians still there.

13,000 people have left the area since Thursday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
   The evacuation deal also includes government-held parts of Idlib province besieged by rebels.
   The UN envoy for Syria says there are plans for peace talks on 8 February 2017.
About 7,000 people are still trapped in Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory.

 Conditions there are grim, with no access to food and shelter and minimal medical facilities.