The Weekly Edition

February 15, 2026 to February 21, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

A security officer is killed and another is injured in an attack by the Islamic State in Raghib, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (Reuters)

Gaza war

Eleven Palestinians, including several militants, are killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza. (BBC News)

Hezbollah–Israel conflict

Four people are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in Majdal Anjar, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, near the Lebanon–Syria border. (Al Arabiya English)

At least 12 people are killed and 33 others are injured in multiple Israeli strikes targeting members of Hezbollah and Hamas across Lebanon. One Hezbollah leader has been reported deceased. (Al Jazeera) (IMEMC) (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Syrian conflict

United States intervention in Syria

The United States announces that it will withdraw all remaining military troops from Syria, formally ending its 12-year military presence in the country. (The Wall Street Journal)

Russo-Ukrainian war

At least six people are injured and buildings and vehicles are damaged in large-scale Russian strikes on Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)

Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war

Widespread power outages are reported by authorities in several oblasts in Russia, including Belgorod and Bryansk, following a large-scale Ukrainian missile and drone attack on Russian power stations. Bryansk Oblast governor Alexander Bogomaz confirms the regional capital Bryansk has lost most of its electricity and heat supply. (The Kyiv Independent) (RBC-Ukraine)

Eastern Ukraine campaign, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

Three Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant engineers are killed and another is injured in a Russian drone attack on a vehicle in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)

Somali Civil War

Jubaland forces and American troops conducted a four-day operation that killed more than 60 al-Shabaab insurgents in Lower Juba, Jubaland, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)

Sudanese civil war

Three people are killed and several others are injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a hospital in Sennar State, Sudan. (TRT World)

Kordofan Campaign

At least 90 people are killed and dozens of others are injured in drone strikes on two crowded markets in North Kordofan, Sudan. (AA)

Kordofan campaign

At least three aid workers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North on an aid convoy in South Kordofan, Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

Operation Southern Spear

United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear

Eleven people are killed after U.S. forces launch strikes on three alleged drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. (Sky News)

Three people are killed in a strike by the United States Southern Command on an alleged drug trafficking vessel in an area of the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Al Jazeera)

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Two people are killed, including a child, and 12 others are injured in a motorcycle bombing near a police station in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Sky News)

Twenty-four people are killed, including 12 attackers and a child, and seven civilians are injured in an attack on a security post in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP via CTV News)

Colombian conflict

Colombia's search unit for missing persons identifies and returns the remains of Camilo Torres Restrepo, a Catholic priest and leader of the National Liberation Army who was killed in combat in 1966. (Reuters)

Red Sea crisis

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says a vessel and a skiff exchanged small-arms fire southwest of Aden, Yemen. (The Jerusalem Post)

Communal conflicts in Nigeria

Lakurawa militants kill 34 people in coordinated shooting attacks on eight villages in Arewa LGA, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Seven of the villages are destroyed as well as several cattle are stolen. (Reuters) (Vanguard News)

Cambodian–Thai border dispute

Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet claims that Thai forces are occupying Cambodian territory beyond Thailand's claimed territory. (Al Jazeera)

Ecuadorian conflict

Four people are killed and two others are injured in a drive-by shooting outside of a school in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador. (Xinhua)

Gaza war

Two Palestinians, including one child, are killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Myanmar civil war

The state-run Myanmar Alin newspaper reports that Bo Nagar, leader of the anti-government Burma National Revolutionary Army, surrendered to the Burmese military after clashes with other rebel groups. (AP)

Russo-Ukrainian War

Crimea attacks

One person is killed and several buildings are damaged in Ukrainian drone strikes in Sevastopol, Crimea. (Reuters)

Nigerian bandit conflict

At least 50 people are killed and women and children are abducted in overnight attacks by gunmen on a village in Bukkuyum LGA, Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Reuters) (Xinhua)