Current events: 2026-01-06

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • Seven people are killed and others are wounded in Aleppo, Syria after clashes between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela
  • Venezuela confirms that 23 members of its military were among the 80 people killed during the American airstrikes in Caracas three days ago. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and 46 injured after a bus and a trailer collide head-on in Kericho County, Kenya. (Capital News)

Health and environment

• The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raises the alert level of the Mayon volcano in Luzon to three, citing signs of magma intrusion and possible explosive activity, and orders evacuations within a six-kilometer danger zone. (Reuters)

International relations

• China–Japan relations
  • 2025–2026 China–Japan diplomatic crisis
    • China tightens export controls on dual-use technology to Japan, banning shipments that could support the Japanese military, following diplomatic tensions over remarks related to Taiwan. (AFP via The Sun)

Science and technology

• Communications in Palestine
  • Israel authorizes Palestinian mobile operators Jawwal and Ooredoo to begin upgrading to 4G services in the West Bank after they sign management contracts with the Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson. (Reuters)

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