When the battle ended , 500,000 refugees and internally displaced persons returned to Aleppo , and hundreds of factories returned to production as electricity supply greatly increased . The citadel of Aleppo is now undergoing major repairs . Many parts of the city that were affected are undergoing reconstruction . On 15 April 2017 , a convoy of buses carrying evacuees was attacked by a suicide bomber in Aleppo , killing more than 126 people , including at least 80 children . The Aleppo shopping festival took place on 17 November 2017 to promote industry in the city . A YPG commander stated in February 2018 that Kurdish fighters had shifted to Afrin to help repel the Turkish assault . As a result , he said the pro-Syrian government forces had regained control of the districts previously controlled by them
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2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
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