Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
2025 massacres of Syrian Druze, Southern Syria clashes
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reports that nine field executions were conducted against members of the Syrian Druze community amid an outbreak of sectarian clashes. Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri characterizes the killings as part of a "genocidal campaign". (Arab News) (SOHR)
Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif appeals to Israel to intervene against ongoing massacres. (The Jerusalem Post)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
An overnight Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 15 others. High-rise apartments, residential homes, a supermarket and a school were among those targeted, according to Governor of Odesa Oblast Oleh Kiper. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
At least ten people are killed while 37 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision at a toll plaza of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in Tarlac City, Philippines. (GMA Integrated News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The bodies of three South African police officers who had been missing for six days are found in the Hennops River. (BBC News)