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| Aleppo tense as evacuations set to begin – live updates | Aleppo tense as evacuations set to begin – live updates |
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| 9.09am GMT | |
| 09:09 | |
| An AFP correspondent at an army checkpoint on the southern edges of Aleppo reports seeing at least 20 empty buses and five ambulances ready to pick up evacuees. AFP adds: | |
| Syrian state television reported that some 4,000 rebels and their families were to be evacuated. | |
| A senior Syrian military source confirmed to AFP that “preparations are happening now” for the evacuation. | |
| Al-Farook Abu Bakr, the chief negotiator for the rebels, told AFP that the first convoy on Thursday would be only for wounded people, their carers and other civilians. | |
| “The evacuations will be from Ramoussa” on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, the official from hardline Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said. | |
| He said an evacuation of rebel fighters would take place after the first or second convoy. | |
| “The first batch of wounded civilians, their relatives, and some other civilian families is being prepared,” said Ahmad al-Dbis, who heads a unit of doctors and other volunteers that are coordinating the evacuation of wounded people. | |
| He said that regime forces had fired on an ambulance bringing in the injured, killing one person and wounding two others. | |
| 8.55am GMT | |
| 08:55 | |
| Russian military footage purports to show several ambulances waiting to evacuate eastern Aleppo, amid unconfirmed claims by activists that pro-government forces shot at ambulances wounding four people. | |
| 4 injured including the head of the civil defense regiment, Bibars, as Assad allying militias targeted the ambulances carrying the wounded. | |
| Footage from live @mod_russia feed of #Ramouseh Crossing shows @ICRC_sy vehicles, @SARC_Aleppo personnel, but little else going on pic.twitter.com/FhdNei7dFx | |
| 8.46am GMT | |
| 08:46 | |
| SCD says evacuation suspended | |
| The Syrian Civil Defence team says the plan to evacuate eastern Aleppo has been suspended because of concerns about safety. | |
| They claim ambulances have been shot at. | |
| the evacuation process suspended second time because of ceasefire violation by assad regime during evacuating injuries,#Aleppo | |
| @SyriaCivilDef member speck about what's happen with ambulance convoy #Assad force shot on them while they're trying to reach @SYRedCrescent pic.twitter.com/7yk4sN3p8r | |
| 8.38am GMT | |
| 08:38 | |
| The pro-Kremlin broadcaster RT has aerial footage of what it claims are “militants” being evacuated from Aleppo to Idlib. | |
| Aerial LIVE footage: Militants being evacuated from #Aleppo to Idlib https://t.co/VLJN4M6P76 pic.twitter.com/AFPiOrRXF5 | |
| The situation in eastern Aleppo remains unclear. | |
| The International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC] will help with transport injured rebels out eastern Aleppo, Russia’s defence ministry said, according to Interfax. | |
| The ICRC says the evacuation plan is still on hold. | |
| 7.59am GMT | 7.59am GMT |
| 07:59 | 07:59 |
| We’re beginning live coverage of the latest from Aleppo as preparations are underway to evacuate civilians from the east of the city. | We’re beginning live coverage of the latest from Aleppo as preparations are underway to evacuate civilians from the east of the city. |
| Kareem Shaheen summarises the latest developments. | Kareem Shaheen summarises the latest developments. |
| These are the main points: | These are the main points: |
| While clearing evacuation route from Aleppo City for ambulances, White Helmet shot by Regime sniper while driving JCB/wheel loader. 15/12/16 | While clearing evacuation route from Aleppo City for ambulances, White Helmet shot by Regime sniper while driving JCB/wheel loader. 15/12/16 |
| CONFIRMEDSenior opposition figure confirms ambulances heading back to E. #Aleppo: "Regime scuttled the evacuation of 1st Batch of injured" | CONFIRMEDSenior opposition figure confirms ambulances heading back to E. #Aleppo: "Regime scuttled the evacuation of 1st Batch of injured" |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.22am GMT | at 8.22am GMT |