Monday

November 28, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three UNHCR workers - one from Sudan and two from Nepal - are kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Geneina, the capital of the West Darfur state. (Al Jazeera)

Syrian Civil War

Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and their allies leave Khan al-Shih through humanitarian passages to their stronghold in the Idlib Governorate, handing over their heavy weaponry and control of the city to Syrian forces. (South Front)

Aleppo offensive (November 2016)

Syrian government forces and Kurdish People's Protection Units capture more than a third of rebel-controlled eastern Aleppo. (BBC),(The New York Times)

Thousands of civilians escape to government- and Kurdish-controlled districts of the city following the recent conquests. The United Nations estimates more than 250,000 civilians may still be stuck in rebel-held parts of the city. (UPI)

Turkish military intervention in Syria

Eleven ISIL militants are killed in airstrikes by the Turkish Air Force in Aleppo Governorate. (Anadolu Agency)

Somali Civil War (2009–present)

Fighting between militia and Al-Shabaab militants has left at least 26 people dead. (GoobJoog)

Disasters and accidents

A Canadian pilot is killed when his CF-18 fighter jet crashes near an army facility in Cold Lake, Alberta. (RT)

LaMia Flight 2933, an Avro RJ85, crashes after running out of fuel at Cerro Gordo en route to Medellín, Colombia

2016 Southeastern United States wildfires

The Gatlinburg Fire Department orders the mandatory evacuation of downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee, as several wildfires burn out of control in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (USA Today)