LIVE: Aleppo evacuations

The ruler of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, cancelled all celebrations on National Day in solidarity with the people of Aleppo who are facing the worst kind of oppression, abuse, displacement and annihilation, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

The day which is scheduled to take place on 18 December commemorates the date when Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani unified the tribes of the peninsula under his leadership, in 1878.

Zouhir al-Shimale's latest from besieged neighbourhoods in the rebel-held east. This video was filmed moments before the ceasefire collapsed. 

Residents from east Aleppo have sent Middle East Eye recordings of 'cluster bombs' falling in their neighbourhood after the ceasefire was broken. 

Middle East Eye cannot independently verify whether it was a cluster bomb being fired upon this neighbourhood but can confirm that the area is currently facing heavy bombardment. 

For the safety of the resident we have decided to not publish the location of where exactly the alleged bombing is taking place. 

The Dutch foreign ministry summoned the Russian and Iranian ambassadors to the Netherlands over the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Aleppo.

The ministry strongly condmened the "current situation" and said that the evacuation of Aleppo "must be made possible now".

Syria's envoy to the UN Bashar Jaafari used photos of a soldier helping a woman in Iraq claiming it was a photo of a Syrian soldier in Aleppo. 

This latest gaffe comes after an emergency UN Security Council session was called by France and Spain as the situation deteriorated in east Aleppo. 

Opposition MPs in Kuwait urged Gulf Cooperation Council nations on Tuesday to expel Russian ambassadors over what they called Moscow's role in "genocide" against civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The lawmakers also signed a motion calling on the newly elected parliament to hold an emergency meeting next week in support of the city.

"There is a genocide being committed against civilians in Aleppo amid total international negligence," MP Jamaan al-Harbash told a small rally in the parliament building.

The Syrian army said it could declare full control over eastern Aleppo "at any moment" as it advanced against rebels holed up in just a handful of neighbourhoods, predicting those districts would fall on Tuesday or Wednesday.

"The army continues to advance towards ... Sukkari, what remains of Seif al-Dawla, part of al-Amiriya and Tel al-Zarazir," a military spokesman told Reuters during a tour of recaptured parts of Aleppo.

"When the army regains control of these areas, its operation in the eastern areas of the city... will have finished," he said.

The spokesman added that rebels were continuing to reject withdrawing from the city.

Abdulkafi al-Hamdo, a Syrian English teacher on the run from pro-Assad forces sends his 'last' message from a besieged rebel-held neighbourhood.

The French UN delegation have requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Aleppo.

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The UN said Syrian pro-government forces entered homes in east Aleppo and killed 82 civilians "on the spot". 

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Syrian pro-government forces have been entering homes in east Aleppo and killing civilians inside, the UN said at a press conference. 

Speak from Geneva UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville described the situation in Aleppo as a "complete meltdown in humanity". He said that of the 82 civilians reported shot, 11 were women and 13 were children.

"Yesterday evening, we received further deeply disturbing reports that numerous bodies were lying on the streets," said Mr Colville. 

Colville also added: "The residents were unable to retrieve them due to the intense bombardment and their fear of being shot on sight."

Both the UN and the (ICRC) plead with Syrian and its ally Russia to end the bombardment and grant civilians living in the besieged area safe passage. 

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