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our correspondent lyse doucet is in government-held aleppo and has this report. lyse: no one can truly see where this brutal war is taking aleppo now, but all too clear are the scars left behind. we drove into west aleppo today. kedits edges, a wrec wednesday. skeletal buildings on streets once full of life. and in the rebel-held east of the city, a destructive conflict intensifies. the syrian military, backed by iranian and russian allies, are pushing deeper into the enclave. rebel forces have have now regrouped, vowing to fight back. the worst battles of this six-year war are creating its worst humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of people are fleeing into west aleppo. the area under government

lyse doucet is in the government held part of the city. lyse: in the dead of night, a terrifying escape. smashing through the wall of somebody's help, their only way out. these families ran for their ringingross the lines, the oldest and the youngest with them. relief to have survived the terrible fighting in the old city of aleppo, but i tend not knowing what cut -- but frightened, not knowing what is next. the bus is taking them to a shift camp. vy morning, syrian state t had news from correspondence at the heart of the city. all of it is back in government hands. this is what aleppo looks like in the wake of battle. today, the army took us to the neighborhood they seized to clear the way for the breakthrough. the syrian army has the upper

lyse doucet, bbc news, aleppo. ura: a short time ago i spoke with lyse, who is in the western part of the city. to the people you have been of aidg to have any hope finally reaching them? lyse: some aid is reaching them. they have come from areas of the rebel-held east, which were under very heavy siege for many months. people talk to us about starving there. hardly any access to food or water and certainly no safety. they fled here, thousands into the government-held part of aleppo. they are getting food and blankets. there is some water. conditions are still quite dire here. they are living in these empty ehrnhouses, at least they first arrived, where they are getting some sustenance. but very little protection against what is freezing cold temperatures. the big question for many of them is where do they go? many of them came up to us and said we need somewhere to live, we can't stay here. the real problem is the government will press on with its efforts and its vow to retake all of the rebel-held east, which mean

lyse doucet was in aleppo for the past week and is now in be irut and join me a short time ago with the latest. be thehese are seen to final hours of what has been a very long and brutal four-year battle for the city of aleppo, syria's second city. as you mentioned, the last of the rebel fighters and what are believed to be thousands of civilians are now cornered in the last few neighborhoods of the eastern enclave held by the rebels. it is said to be under intense bombardment, absolutely terrifying moments. there are reports coming from the last of the enclave of activists and others saying they are writing their last wills, sending their final messages to families, not believing they will live through the night. as the syrian army and its allies close in on what is left, the last few miles, kilometers

lyse doucet has reports from beirut. quiet became another day of war, shattering a cease-fire hours after it started. hope that the of accuracy of aleppo was over. especially for those still trapped in what was left of the east of the city. >> all the people were excited and happy to evacuate the city finally. lyse: imagine what it is like for children without parents. orphans sent a message to the world. >> please let us evacuate aleppo. we cannot go outside because of the airstrikes. we are afraid. we would really like you to help us leave aleppo. we would like to live like everyone else. this morning, before first light, the buses, ambulances, did move in ready to bring out the ill and injured, the children and the fighters. back byt was turned pro-government militia. the buses waited for hours backy pro-government militia. . more than 100,000 people escaped corner, fleeing under fire. a brutish existence, of victory just to survive. many did not. is raising concerns over alleged massacres of civilians. an accusation

lyse doucet is in the government held part of the city. lyse: in the dead of night, a terrifying escape. smashing through the wall of somebody's help, their only way out. these families ran for their ringingross the lines, the oldest and the youngest with them. relief to have survived the terrible fighting in the old city of aleppo, but i tend not knowing what cut -- but frightened, not knowing what is next. the bus is taking them to a shift camp. vy morning, syrian state t had news from correspondence at the heart of the city. all of it is back in government hands. this is what aleppo looks like in the wake of battle. today, the army took us to the neighborhood they seized to clear the way for the breakthrough. the syrian army has the upper hand, the rebels are in retreat. >> flying from one place to another, so they cannot fight anymore. lyse: how long do you think it will take to take all? >> we are trying, but i think it will not be for a long, long time. it has been a rapid advance in three weeks for the army, and it's russian and iran

katty: for more on the situation, i spoke to the chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. she is in beirut. what are you hearing from aleppo? lyse: a huge question. it has been a charcoal with no international organizations on the ground. it is difficult to get a picture. the area came under intense bombardment. including russia and an array of militias. there were reports of 100 children stock in a building under bombardment. without of children their parents who needed to be evacuated. hundreds of the too ill, too weak. now when the area is cleared, the aid agencies can finally try to give these people the care that they have so desperately needed. what we will be watching early in the morning is at 5:00 a.m. the pullout will begin, what amounts to a surrender by rebel fighters who will leave with their families heading to the opposition controlled city and others further north toward the turkish border. katty: lyse doucet with the latest from beirut. thank you. aleppo came to symbolize the horror of the war agree watched it on our television screens. the world held to in

our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has this special report. lyse: homecoming. the family is back. it has been 4 years. the youngest wants you to know it. the government's green buses are bringing families. a week ago, these neighborhoods were seized back from rebel fighters. for the family, it is a victory parade. "i kiss your soil, syria," she cries. "we kneel before you, bashar." always loyal to their president, they feel they owe him everything. soldiers join the celebration at their front door. this grandmother heads straight to her favorite room. "our kitchen was amazing," she tells me. "it was the envy of the neighborhood." this girl goes into her old room. >> i was born here, raised here. now we are back, and we will live here again. lyse: but it won't be easy. her father tells me they had felt threatened here. most people supported the rebels. you can't live together? never hav? just across the way, we meet a family who chose to stay when the rebels took over four years ago. >> i am like an oak tree. if i leave my home, i will die. the idea of leaving a

laura: lyse doucet, thank you. united nations officials rarely use the word "genocide" or "ethnic cleansing," but they say the violence in south sudan has the potential to be just that. fighting has been raging since a peace deal was shattered in july and it is forced hundreds of thousands to flee across the border to uganda. our correspondent has more. reporter: they come in twos and threes, in family groups crossing every day over the unofficial border. in six months, slowly but steadily, war in south sudan has created more refugees then syria or iraq has in a year. many have walked in days to get here. to escape the civil war. >> they are killing people. stealing. they are not shooting. they cut you with a knife. reporter: he says the violence is ethnic-based. the u.n. warns it is heading towards genocide. this is one of the many crossing points on the border between uganda on this side and south sudan, where these ladies are coming from. since july, every single day, on average 2500 people have moved into ugand

our correspondent lyse doucet is in government-held aleppo and has this report. lyse: no one can truly see where this brutal war is taking aleppo now, but all too clear are the scars left behind. we drove into west aleppo today. kedits edges, a wrec wednesday. skeletal buildings on streets once full of life. and in the rebel-held east of the city, a destructive conflict intensifies. the syrian military, backed by iranian and russian allies, are pushing deeper into the enclave. rebel forces have have now regrouped, vowing to fight back. the worst battles of this six-year war are creating its worst humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of people are fleeing into west aleppo. the area under government control, taking refuge in shelters like this. but no one can escape the agony. >> i'm concerned about my children and country. i wish syria would return to the way it was five years ago. the country of safety, of prosperity. lyse: in geneva today, the u.n. again called on all sides to protect the people of aleppo, especially those still trapped in the east, where food

lyse doucet, bbc news, aleppo. laura: aleppo's suffering continues. back here in the u.s., president obama has ordered intelligence agencies to conduct a review into russian efforts to influence the 20 16th presidential election. the report is expected to be completed before he leaves next month and comes as the president-elect donald trump continues to question if hacking ever took place, and if it did, whether russia was responsible. jane o'brien joins me with the -- joined me a short time ago with the details. why is the president ordering this very broad review a month after the election and weeks before he leaves office? jane: he is under a lot of pressure from senior democrats who are worried that if he doesn't do this before he beats -- leaves office, it might never get done. donald trump has been very ambiguous about what he thinks is behind this. on one hand he says he does not think russia interfered with the election, and in the same breath, he says russia or china or some guy at home in a new jersey could have been behind the cyberattacks.