Current events: 2025-07-15

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Southern Syria clashes, Israel and the Syrian civil war
    • Israeli warplanes strike Syrian troops as they attempt to enter the Druze city of Suwayda in southern Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the Israeli military to protect the Druze from Syria's government. (Reuters) (The Times)
• Somali Civil War
  • Constitutional crisis in Somalia
    • The Puntland interior ministry reports at least five militant casualties in Dhahar, Haylan region following a coordinated campaign as Puntland’s defence forces repels an assault backed by the Somali federal government. (Idil News) (Garowe Online)

International relations

• Indonesia–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump announces a new trade deal with Indonesia. Indonesia will purchase US$15 billion in energy, US$4.5 billion in agricultural products, and 50 Boeing jets, including Boeing 777. Indonesia will also allow US products to enter without tariffs, while the US will maintain a 19% tariff on all goods coming from Indonesia. (FT News)

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