Sunday

December 22, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war

In the highest-ranking state visit since the regime change, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds a meeting with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus to support the transitional government. (Reuters)

Fall of the Assad regime

Syrian mass graves

An Assad regime mass grave containing the remains of 93 civilians, including several women and children, is discovered in Qarfa, Daraa Governorate, Syria, with all of the bodies reportedly burnt alive. (SOHR)

Gaza war

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 28 people. (France 24)

Red Sea crisis

The US military states that the USS Gettysburg guided-missile cruiser accidentally shot down a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and injured one of its pilots in a friendly fire incident following a series of airstrikes on Yemen. However, the Houthis claim that they shot down the fighter jet. (CNN) (Middle East Monitor)

Business and economy

Residents of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, win the world's biggest lottery, the Spanish Christmas Lottery's El Gordo 2.7 billion prize. (DW)