He told reporters during a press conference that the number of al Nusra fighters in eastern Aleppo area is “at maximum 900 people”.
“Are we talking about 900 people being the reason for destruction of the city?” he stressed.
He added that UN estimated that in eastern Aleppo there is around 8,000 opposition fighters, while the entire population there is around 275,000, including 100,000 children.
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