Wednesday

October 21, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The Taliban announced it overran Ghoryan in western Herat, the second district to fall in three days. (Long War Journal)

Syrian Civil War

ISIL orders males aged 14 and older in Raqqa, its de facto Syrian capital, to register with the police, an action seen as the first step toward forced conscriptions in this region. (Al Jazeera America)

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

Rockets fired by Houthi forces reportedly kill 14 people in city of Taiz, southwestern Yemen. (Reuters)

Boko Haram insurgency

According to a civilian vigilante, 20 people are killed after Boko Haram militants open fire on cars outside a village in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno state. (AFP via Yahoo)

Disasters and accidents

A U.S. F-18 fighter jet crashes into farmland near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk county, England, killing the pilot. (Sky News)

2015 Pacific typhoon season

The death toll from Tropical Storm Koppu that battered the Philippines' main island this weekend climbed to at least 39. Koppu forced more than 100,000 villagers into emergency shelters and destroyed rice fields ready for harvest. (AP) (BBC)