Civilians flee Kurdish areas of Aleppo as Syrian army begins shelling

The Syrian army began shellingAleppo's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods on Wednesday, after a deadline given for civilians to leave the area had passed, an AFP correspondent said.

The military had declared the city's Kurdish-controlled districts "closed military zones" from 3pm (1200 GMT), while creating "two safe humanitarian crossings" through which thousands of civilians had fled before the deadline, according