Posted Lena Ahlberg
Second convoy loaded and waiting
Nineteen trucks are loaded at the staging ground and expect to move on Friday if the fuel annex is signed. If it is not, the load goes back into a warehouse that is already full.
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Live: the northern corridor, hour by hour
Rolling coverage of the convoy crossings, the fuel annex and the talks in the capital.
What you need to know
- Eleven trucks crossed the northern checkpoint at 05:12, the first movement on the route since 2 August.
- Fuel for the district hospital is still held back pending a separate annex, redrafted eleven times in nine days.
- Talks in the capital resume at 14:00. Both delegations say they will stay through the weekend.
Latest updates
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Posted Lena Ahlberg
Fuel annex back for redraft
The fuel annex has gone back for an eleventh redraft in nine days. Both delegations accept that the hospital needs the fuel; neither accepts the other's proposal for who counts the litres.
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Posted Omar Haddad
The hospital has eleven days of generator fuel
The district hospital's chief administrator says the two operating theatres have eleven days of fuel at current use. Non-urgent surgery was suspended on Monday.
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Posted Lena Ahlberg
Convoy reaches Ras Hadid
The convoy has reached the distribution yard at Ras Hadid, where aid workers have been waiting since Tuesday with nothing to hand out. Unloading is expected to take four hours.
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Posted Omar Haddad
Two mobile cranes refused at the crossing
Two mobile cranes and a road grader were refused as dual-use equipment and turned back to the staging ground. They were on the published manifest.
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Posted Lena Ahlberg
Mediation office confirms the crossing
The mediation office has confirmed the crossing in writing and published the manifest: flour, cooking oil, water purification tablets and four pallets of medical supplies. Fuel is not on it.
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Posted Lena Ahlberg
First trucks are through
Eleven trucks crossed the northern checkpoint at 05:12 local time, the first movement on this route since 2 August. The barrier came back down behind them.
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Posted Lena Ahlberg
Convoy moves to the barrier
The convoy has moved from the staging ground to the barrier and is waiting for the manifest check. Drivers say the check has taken between forty minutes and eleven hours on previous attempts.
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Posted Omar Haddad
Northern port works its first full shift
Separately, the northern container terminal has begun its first full working shift in twenty-three days. Two of its four cranes remain out of service.
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Posted Lena Ahlberg
Coverage begins
Mediators agreed at one o'clock this morning to extend the pause in fighting by a further seventy-two hours. A convoy of eleven trucks is at the staging ground. We will follow the crossing through the day.
