Tuesday

2024 Hama offensive

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture seven villages and the town of Khasham in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, from pro-government forces. CJTF–OIR coalition aircraft launch airstrikes in support of the SDF offensive. (Rudaw)

The Government of Canada officially designates the Yemen-based Houthi movement as a terrorist organization due to its attacks on civilian and military vessels. (Al Jazeera)

At least 25 people were killed in Thailand and six more in Malaysia during floods in the past five days. (AP)

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating the deaths of 143 people from a flu-like disease in the Province of Kwango. (AP)

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law in an emergency address to the nation to clear out alleged "threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements." President Yoon says the decision has been made to "remove North Korean forces" and to protect the country's "liberal constitutional order". This comes as the opposition Democratic Party brings articles of impeachment against President Yoon repeatedly. (KBS) (BBC News) (Reuters) (Barrons)

South Korean Army general Park An-su is appointed Martial Law Commander by President Yoon Suk Yeol. An-su announces that media organizations will be subject to military control and bans all protests in the country. (Yna) (The Guardian)

Lawmakers say they are being blocked from entering the National Assembly building in Seoul, South Korea. Korean soldiers surround the parliament building. (i) (Yonhap News)

Protesters clash with police after attempting to storm parliament. (The Independent)

Defying the presidential order to end all political activities, the National Assembly votes 190–0 to lift martial law. Korean soldiers that were guarding the parliament building withdraw. (The Guardian)

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announces he will lift the martial law he declared hours earlier after staunch opposition from both the opposition and his own party. (Reuters)

Palestinian officials announced that Fatah and Hamas are close to reaching an agreement on appointing a technocratic committee to govern the Gaza strip after the Israel–Hamas war. (The Globe and Mail)