Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
Israel and the Syrian civil war
2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
Syrian sources report that Israeli forces met with village dignitaries in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa Governorate, instructing them to surrender all weapons in the villages and for villagers to comply with home searches. (Erem News) (Sada El-Balad)
US intervention in the Syrian civil war
The U.S. military evacuates American citizen Travis Timmerman out of Syria after Timmerman had previously been reported missing in the country. (NBC News)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Moldova and the Russo-Ukrainian War
The Parliament of Moldova votes in favor of declaring a 60-day national state of emergency beginning on December 16 due to Ukraine not renewing its transit contract with Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to Moldova. (Reuters)
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Russia launches one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the conflict began, with about 290 missiles fired and drones striking multiple regions. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the attack was in response to a recent Ukrainian ATACMS attack on Taganrog-Central air base in Rostov Oblast, Russia. (The Kyiv Independent) (UNN)
Israel–Hamas war
December 2024 Nuseirat refugee camp attack
The number of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp yesterday increases to 33, most of whom are from the same family. 84 others are reported to be either injured or missing. (Al Jazeera)
Sudanese civil war
Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces airstrike on a hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Six people are killed and 66 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Amman, Jordan. (Reuters)
2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Cyclone Chido destroys most of Agaléga, Mauritius. (L'Express) (Le Mauricien)