50,000 people have fled Syria Army`s east Aleppo advance: Britain-based monitor

More than 50,000 people have fled government forces advancing in rebel-held east Aleppo in the last four days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday.

The Britain-based monitor said more than 20,000 people had fled to western neighbourhoods of the city held by the government, with another 30,000 moving to areas held by Kurdish forces.