Current events: 2024-12-01

Wikipedia Current Events · Dec 1, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria offensive
  - Battle of Aleppo
    - Turkish-backed militants say that they captured Ramouseh, As-Safira, and Khanasir in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Al Jazeera Mubasher) (SOHR)
  - The Syrian National Army says that they captured Tell Rifaat and Menagh Air Base in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher)
  - At least 71 civilians including children and women were killed and injured under the Russian airstrikes by fighter jets targeting Idlib Centre and its vicinity. (SOHR)
  - 35 people killed and injured in Russian airstrikes on University Hospital in Aleppo city. (SOHR)
Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
  - The Rapid Support Forces establish a form of military administration within the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. (The National News) (Dabanga Sudan)
Seventy-nine people are injured in football hooliganism clashes between fans of FC Carl Zeiss Jena and BSG Chemie Leipzig after a match in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Tropical Cyclone Fengal kills 19 people in India and Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
Nineteen people are injured, with eight severely, when a Polish truck driver drove erratically and struck several vehicles on the A46 highway near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (DW)

International relations

Politics and elections

2024 Icelandic parliamentary election
- The Social Democratic Alliance wins the most seats in the Althing elections at 15, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved majority. (DW)
2024 Romanian parliamentary election
- Romanians vote to elect the 330 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the 136 seats of the Senate. (RFE/RL)