11.   Iraqi crude from an oil pumping station in northern Iraq started flowing on Wednesday through a pipeline to Turkey, a Turkish oil official announced.

12.   The authorities sent portable generators to restart the main water pumping station but Colombo remained in the grip of a serious drinking water shortage.

13.   The capital Colombo was in the grip of a water shortage, as pumping stations could not work.

14.   The ICRC called Wednesday for a ceasefire to allow it to repair the water pumping station at Bir Nasser, which was reported hit.