Current events: 2024-12-13

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Israel and the Syrian civil war
    • 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
      • Syrian sources report that Israeli forces met with village dignitaries in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa Governorate, instructing them to surrender all weapons in the villages and for villagers to comply with home searches. (Erem News) (Sada El-Balad)
  • US intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • The U.S. military releases Missouri citizen Travis Timmerman out of Syria after being found missing in the country. (NBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the conflict's beginning, with about 290 missiles fired and drones striking multiple regions. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the attack was in response to a recent Ukrainian ATACMS attack on Taganrog-Central air base. (The Kyiv Independent) (UNN)
  • Moldova and the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The Parliament of Moldova votes in favor of declaring a 60-day national state of emergency beginning on 16 December due to Ukraine not renewing its transit contract with Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to Moldova. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • December 2024 Nuseirat refugee camp attack
    • The number of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp rises to thirty-three, most of whom were relatives of the al-Sheikh Ali family. Eighty-four more are reported to be injured or missing. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Cyclone Chido destroys much of Agaléga in Mauritius. (L'Express) (Mauricien)

International relations

• Syria–Ukraine relations
  • Humanitarian aid during the Syrian civil war
    • The Ukrainian government says it is ready to supply food to Syria after Russia suspended wheat supplies to Syria amid uncertainty about the new government and payment delays. (Reuters)

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