Current events: 2024-11-29

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Northwestern Syria offensive
    • Battle of Aleppo (2024)
      • Anti-Assad forces led by Tahrir al-Sham enter the city of Aleppo for the first time since 2016 with heavy urban fighting reportedly underway in the western neighbourhoods of the city. A rebel coalition spokesman confirms that an operation to capture Aleppo has officially begun. (CNN) (The New Arab)
      • Rebel forces reach the city centre of Aleppo after overrunning multiple neighbourhoods, including New Aleppo. (Anadolu Agency) (AP)
      • Syrian state media reports that four people have been killed after rebel forces shelled the University of Aleppo in Aleppo. (Reuters)
    • Rebel forces capture the towns of Al-Hadher, Khan Tuman and Al-Eiss in the Aleppo Governorate. (SOHR)
    • Rebel forces capture the city of Saraqib, Idlib Governorate, which has been held by government forces since 2020. Pro-government forces withdraw from the city after two days of clashes. (ABC News) (Anadolu Ajansi)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
  • The death toll from the floods and landslides in North Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 31 people killed, ten people injured, and dozens others missing. (DW)
• 2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia
  • Malaysia prepares for its worst floods since the last three years, with at least 84,597 people being displaced, mainly in the state of Kelantan. At least three people are killed. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Irish general election
  • Citizens of Ireland vote in a snap election to elect the 174 members of the 34th Dáil Éireann. (DW)
• The United Kingdom House of Commons votes 330–275 to pass the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, marking the first time the Parliament has voted in favour of assisted dying. The bill now needs to pass several stages before becoming law. (The Guardian)

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