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- Syrian civil war
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Operation Dawn of Freedom
- 2024 Al-Mustariha massacre
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a Turkish drone strike on the village of Al-Mustariha in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, kills twelve family members, most of whom were women and children. (SOHR)
- 2024 Manbij offensive
- The opposition Syrian National Army takes control of the city of Manbij, with 50 people killed in fighting between the Syrian National Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces. (LiveUA) (The Jerusalem Post) (SOHR)
- 2024 Al-Mustariha massacre
- Fall of Damascus
- Fall of the Assad regime
- Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud, Maher al-Assad's office manager and leader of several Syrian civil war campaigns, is found dead in his office in a suburb of Damascus. (SOHR) (Naharnet)
- Fall of the Assad regime
- Operation Dawn of Freedom
- Israel and the Syrian civil war
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz orders the Israeli Defense Forces to quickly occupy the entire Syrian buffer zone and to establish a new security zone further into southern Syria free of all insurgent infrastructure and heavy weapons. (Israel Hayom)
- The Israeli Air Force launches several airstrikes on the city of Daraa and also carries out a series of airstrikes on Syrian Air Force bases, destroying the Syrian Air Force's entire fleet of MiG-29 fighter jets. (Erem News) (VIN News)
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Blockade of the Gaza Strip
- At least 50 Palestinians are killed and 84 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including ten at a flour distribution zone in Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli–Palestinian peace process
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Blockade of the Gaza Strip
- Haitian crisis
- At least 110 elderly people are killed in Cité Soleil, Haiti, following accusations by a gang leader that the people practiced witchcraft against the gang leader's child. (France24)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kanlaon eruption
- PHIVOLCS raises the alert level of the Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines to Level 3 after an explosive eruption occurred at the summit vent. (Rappler)
- 2024 The Hague explosion
- The rescue operation at the scene of an explosion at several apartments in The Hague, Netherlands, two days ago, officially ends, with the final total being six people killed and five others injured. (Euronews)
- Ten people are killed and two others are missing in floods and landslides in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia. (AP)
- A fishing boat collides with a sand barge near Gyeongju, South Korea, killing seven people with another person missing. (AP)
- Two military helicopters collide during a training flight in Isparta, Turkey, killing six soldiers. (Daily Sabah) (AP)
- Two people are killed, 26 others are injured, and three others are missing in an explosion at a factory in Calenzano, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy. (Rai News)
International relations
- Austria–Syria relations, Germany–Syria relations
- Refugees of the Syrian civil war
- Austria and Germany announce that they will freeze all new and ongoing asylum applications by Syrians and will review previous asylum claims by Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime. (Euronews)
- Refugees of the Syrian civil war
- Australia–Nauru relations
- Australia and Nauru announce a joint security treaty that will see Australia sending Nauru AU$100 million (US$64 million) in direct support over five years in exchange for Nauru consulting Australia before signing any bilateral agreements with other countries. (DW) (Nikkei Asia)
Law and crime
- Killing of Brian Thompson
- A suspect is arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States, for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (CNN)
- China launches an investigation into American chip manufacturer Nvidia over suspected violations of China's anti-monopoly law. (CNA)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Azad Kashmir protests
- The local government of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, repeals an executive order that banned protests following four days of shutter-down demonstrations in May. (Al Jazeera) (Daily Express)
- 2024 South Korean martial law
- The South Korean Corruption Investigation Office imposes a blanket travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol for his failed attempt at imposing martial law last week. (Al Jazeera) (Kyodo News)
- Syrian peace process
- Syrian opposition leader Mohammed al-Bashir is appointed Prime Minister of the Syrian transitional government. (Al Jazeera)
- Prime Minister of Tonga Siaosi Sovaleni resigns ahead of a vote of no confidence. (Reuters)
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