Residents evacuate from Aleppo

A view from the roofs of East Aleppo shows devastation from four years of war.   (Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times)

A shell punches through one of the ancient Khans (marketplaces) in the old city of Aleppo.

A bulldozer removes rubble from a road as Syrian pro-government forces re-open a street in Aleppo’s old city that was formerly barricaded, dividing the government-held and rebel-held areas of the city.

Syrian pro-government forces sit in the government-held old city of Aleppo. Trapped Syrian civilians and rebels waited desperately Saturday for evacuations to resume from an opposition-held enclave in Aleppo.

A Syrian man walks past a bulldozer removing rubble from a road as Syrian pro-government forces re-open a street in Aleppo’s old city that was formerly barricaded, dividing the government-held and rebel-held areas.

Assistance is delivered from the United Nations World Food Program to recently retaken areas of East Aleppo.  (Nabih Bulos / For The Times)

A member of the Syrian pro-government forces watches buses during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighborhoods in Aleppo.

A wounded by sits inside an ambulance as Syrian civilians and their families gather at the rebel-held al-Amiriyah neighborhood as they wait to be evacuated from Aleppo.

An elderly Syrian man is carried during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from the embattled city of Aleppo.

Syrians wave their national flag bearing a portrait of the Syrian president during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held neighborhoods in Aleppo.

An elderly Syrian woman in a wheelchair waits next to a bus during an evacuation operation in Aleppo.

Syrian residents, fleeing violence in the Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood, arrive in Aleppo’s Fardos neighborhood. Syrian rebels withdrew from six more neighborhoods in their one-time bastion of east Aleppo in the face of advancing government troops.

Syrians try to keep warm in Aleppo’s Fardos neighborhood after fleeing from another area retaken by government troops.

A Syrian pro-regime fighter speaks with a child as residents flee the Bustan al Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo.

Syrian residents arrive in Aleppo’s Fardos neighborhood after fleeing their own area, which was retaken from rebel fighters by the troops of President Bashar Assad.

A Syrian pro-government fighter walks past closed shops in the Bab al Nasr district of Aleppo’s Old City. Once renowned for its bustling souks, grand citadel and historic gates, Aleppo’s Old City has been rendered virtually unrecognizable by some of the worst violence of Syria’s civil war.

Buildings lie in ruins in the Bustan al Qasr neighborhood after pro-government forces captured the area in eastern Aleppo.

Syrian pro-government forces walk through Aleppo’s Bustan al Qasr neighborhood.

A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo.