of renewed fighting. soon after they pulled out of aleppo government forces moved in to reclaim what is left of the neighborhoods of eastern aleppo. cnn s mohamad l, la has more on the major milestone in the syrian civil war sna there s no question this is a decisive moment in this civil war, prapts one of the most significant moments, a turning point since this war began five years ago. syrian state television breaking into regular program to announce, quote, they have liberated eastern aleppo from all armed terrorist groups. that is confirmed by rebel negotiators on the ground who say all armed groups, civilian and rebel fighters have been evacuated from that part of the city. syria s state broadcaster showed images of people celebrating in the street and waving flags. for the assad government it was a decisive victory. it means that the city of
in the civil war. muhammad lila has more. reporter: this is a decisive moment in the civil war. one of the most significant moments since the war began five years ago. syrian state television breaking into regular programming to announce they quote liberated all of eastern aleppo from all armed terrorist groups. that is confirmed by rebel negotiators on the ground. civilians and rebel fighters were evacuated from the city. syria state broadcasters showing people celebrating in the streets and waving flags. this was a decisive victory for the government. the city of aleppo is no longer divided between the western side which was the government side and parts of the eastern side which were held by the rebels since they occupied the neighborhoods since 2012. the loss to the rebels cannot be under estimated.
war. the syrian state-run news outset will reporting the last convoy carrying rebel fighters and their families have left, the evacuation of the border city is now complete. cnn s muhammad lila is joining us from the border. muhammad, what are you hearing? reporter: this announcement was made a short time ago. syrian state television breaking into regular programming to announce all groups have been evacuated from east aleppo. turkish state media saying the same thing, one of the biggest turning points since the war began. you have to remember that part of east aleppo was used by the rebels as a base for their operations for more than four years and what this effectively means is that the city, a, is no longer divided but, b, it s now entirely under the control of the syrian government of bashar al assad. a big, big defeat, no question for the rebels who are