Eiffel Tower goes dark for Aleppo

Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower went dark Wednesday in a show of solidarity with the people of Aleppo.

The world-famous landmark turned out its lights at 8 p.m. local time in what Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s office called a “symbolic measure… to call out the international community again on the urgency to act.”

Hidalgo said she decided to make the “gesture of support for the besieged inhabitants of Aleppo.”

On Thursday, a medical humanitarian convoy, loaded with equipment and chartered by the Union of Medical Relief Organizations (UOSSM), will depart Paris and head to Aleppo.

The UOSSM was created by Franco-Syrian doctors in 2012 at the beginning of the Syrian civil war to help the populations affected by the conflict.

Since meeting Aleppo Mayor Brita Hagi Hasan in Paris on December 5, Hidalgo has helped raise awareness of those in the affected part of the besieged city.

She sent a letter sent to the Pope asking him to intervene in favor of a peaceful solution in Syria, hung a banner on the façade of the Paris Town Hall to show Parisians’ solidarity and wrote a letter to the World Congress of Mayors (UCLG) to enlist their support.

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Aleppo ceasefire broken in less than a day

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On Wednesday, the ceasefire brokered by Turkey with Russia for eastern Aleppo collapsed less than a day after it was implemented, as Turkey and activists on the ground accused the regime and other forces of heavy shelling and bombardment.

Deaths were reported on both sides Wednesday, while some 50,000 civilians – low on food and medical supplies – were believed to remain inside the small pocket of eastern Aleppo still under rebel control.

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Why is Aleppo so important in Syria?

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The ceasefire was aimed at evacuating both rebels and civilians, but by late afternoon the promised evacuations had not taken place.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said he was appalled by the ceasefire agreement’s swift collapse.

Civilians wait to be bussed out of besieged areas of eastern Aleppo, Syria, as evacuations continue on Monday, December 19. A people-swap deal struck between rebels and Syrian government forces was set to begin over the weekend, but evacuations were temporarily put on hold after a number of buses were set on fire.

Syrian pro-government forces wave to evacuees from the villages of Foua and Kefraya on December 19. While people were being bused out of Aleppo, safe passage was also given to people in areas held or besieged by rebels, the Aleppo Media Center activist group said.

Militants burned at least five buses assigned to evacuate people in Aleppo on Sunday, December 18. Aleppo has been held by rebels for the past four years, but it is now almost entirely under government control.

Buses drive through the Syrian government-controlled crossing of Ramoussa, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, on December 18.

Russian soldiers and Syrian pro-government forces look on as civilians and rebel fighters are evacuated from Aleppo on Friday, December 16. Evacuations began a day earlier under a new ceasefire between rebels and pro-government forces.

Pro-government forces guard a convoy of buses and ambulances during the evacuation operation on December 16.

Civilians arrive in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Aassal region, to the west of Aleppo, on Thursday, December 15. Most of the civilians from Aleppo will be taken to a rebel-controlled area in the neighboring province of Idlib.

A wounded boy sits inside an ambulance during the evacuations on December 15.

Staff members of the Syrian Red Crescent wait near ambulances as the evacuation operation gets underway on December 15.

Buses line up to transport people away from eastern Aleppo on December 15.

A woman leads family members toward the evacuation buses on December 15.

A woman in a wheelchair waits to board a bus during evacuations on December 15.

A member of the civil defense carries a wounded boy out of a hospital in eastern Aleppo on December 15.

Pro-government forces advance in Aleppo on Wednesday, December 14.

A wounded woman is helped into the bed of a truck on December 14.

Buses wait to evacuate people in Aleppo on December 14.

Pro-government forces advance on December 14.

Pro-government forces walk in the ancient Umayyad Mosque after capturing the area on Tuesday, December 13.

Syrians depart a rebel-controlled area of Aleppo on December 13.

Syrian residents, fleeing violence in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, arrive in Aleppo's Fardos neighborhood on December 13.

A Syrian child cooks in the street in a rebel-held area of Aleppo on December 13.

Syrian civilians take food from a storage room that was formerly held by the opposition forces in eastern Aleppo's al-Kalasseh neighborhood on December 13.

Pro-government fighters wave from a truck as they pass civilians fleeing the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood on December 13.

A woman reacts as she evacuates the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood with her two children on December 13.

Syrians celebrate in a government-held district of Aleppo on Monday, December 12.

Pro-government forces patrol the al-Saleheen neighborhood in eastern Aleppo on December 12.

Rebels in southeastern Aleppo target government forces with anti-aircraft weaponry on December 12.

Civilians flee the Sukkari neighborhood in southeastern Aleppo on December 12.

Pro-government forces patrol Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed district on December 12 after it was recaptured from rebel forces.

In this handout photo from the International Committee for the Red Cross, women displaced from eastern Aleppo gather at a shelter in the village of Jibreen, south of Aleppo, on December 12.

Smoke rises from the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood on December 12.

Civilians from eastern Aleppo stream into a government checkpoint at the al-Hawoz street roundabout on Saturday, December 10.

Rebel fighters take aim at pro-government positions in Aleppo on Friday, December 9.

Syrian rebels walk down a street in eastern Aleppo on December 9.

Clouds of smoke billow from eastern Aleppo's al-Shaar neighborhood on Monday, December 5.

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“While the reasons for the breakdown in the ceasefire are disputed, the resumption of extremely heavy bombardment by the Syrian government forces and their allies on an area packed with civilians is almost certainly a violation of international law and most likely constitutes war crimes,” he said in a statement.

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CNN’s Margot Haddad contributed to this report.