Sunday

November 27, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Fourteen police and 41 militants are killed in clashes in western Uganda, leading to the arrest of tribal Rwenzururu king Charles Mumbere. (BBC) (Reuters) (The New York Times)

At least 30 civilians are killed in an attack by ethnic Nande militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)

Aleppo offensive (November 2016)

Syrian Armed Forces have captured the entire Hanano district in eastern Aleppo and are working on removing mines and improvised explosive devices from the district, while the rebels blame lack of hospitals for collapsing defences. (Reuters)

Syrian Armed Forces, Liwa al-Quds and other allied forces capture Jabal Badro Neighbourhood, Ard Hamra area and began advance at Al-Sakhour district. (South Front)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that nearly ten thousand civilians have fled Aleppo in the past day. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Turkey–ISIL conflict

Turkish Armed Forces claim that an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant rocket attack on Turkish-backed Syrian rebel forces caused symptoms of chemical weapons in 22 soldiers. (Al-Arabiya)

Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

An Israeli Army patrol kills four ISIL-affiliated militants after they open fire from positions in Syria near the Golan Heights. (AP via ABC News America)[permanent dead link]

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from an outbreak of thunderstorm asthma on 21 November in the Australian city of Melbourne reaches 6. Three others are in a critical condition. (BBC)

A National Iranian Drilling Company helicopter crashes into the Caspian Sea with all five people onboard killed. (AFP via Daily Star) (Press TV)