Monday

September 21, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War, Russia's role in the Syrian Civil War

Government forces target al-Shaar neighborhood in eastern Aleppo city with surface-to-surface missiles, hitting a crowded public market, killing more than 30 civilians and dozens wounded. (Ara News)

U.S. officials say Russia has begun flying drones on surveillance missions over Syria in what would be Russia's first military air operations in the country since the recent military build-up at a Syrian airbase in Latakia. (Reuters)

Somali Civil War (2009–present)

A car bomb in Somalia kills at least six people at the gates of the presidential palace in Mogadishu. (BBC)

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

An Islamic State car bomb kills at least 12 people in Baghdad. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

A Saudi-led military coalition bombardment in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, kills at least 50 people. (Reuters)

Moro conflict

Gunmen abduct a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians, and a Filipino from a resort in the southern Philippines. (AP)

Arts and culture

Pope Francis, on the second day of his journey in Cuba, leaves Havana for Holguin. He says a Mass at Revolution Plaza, blesses Holguin from the Loma de la Cruz area, arrives in Santiago de Cuba, flies to Santiago de Cuba, meets with the Cuban Bishops at Saint Basil the Great Seminary, and says a prayer with them at the Minor Basilica of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre (Shrine of Our Lady of del Cobre). (CNN)