Tuesday

Protests occur after a Christmas tree was set on fire in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Hama Governorate, Syria. (The Week)

Turkey's interior minister announces that more than 25,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria since former president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by rebels. (Al Arabiya)

Syrian opposition factions announce that they will dissolve and merge under the authority of the Ministry of Defense. (Reuters)

Islamic State militants launch attacks on the town of al-Hawayej in northeastern Syria, against Asayish forces. (SOHR)

Three people are killed by gunmen in Haiti opening fire at the journalists, police and medical staff at the reopening of the Port-au-Prince General Hospital. (BBC News)

At least 46 people are killed in a series of airstrikes by the Pakistan Army against alleged Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a bill making the bald eagle the official national bird of the United States. (NBC News)