Current events: 2026-01-09

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • January 2026 Aleppo clashes
      • The Syrian defense ministry declares a ceasefire in the Ashrafiyah, Bani Zeid, and Sheikh Maqsood districts of Aleppo after several days of armed conflict, between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, that killed at least 21 people. (AFP via Arab News)
• Operation Southern Spear
  • United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear, Timor-Leste–United States relations
    • The United States military seizes a Timor Leste-flagged oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, marking the fifth tanker seized as part of the blockade. (The Guardian) (The Patriot-News)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kyiv strikes, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine, kill four people and wound 28 others after several high-rise apartment buildings are targeted. The Qatari embassy is also damaged in the strikes. (Euronews)
    • Russia strikes Lviv in western Ukraine with its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, reportedly targeting a critical infrastructure site. (BBC News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • 2025 Southern Yemen offensive, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
    • A Southern Transitional Council (STC) delegation in Riyadh announces the group's dissolution following widespread territorial losses to the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. The STC's official spokesperson, alongside other officials, reject the announcement, stating that the dissolution statement could have been made under duress and call for the members of the delegation to be released from Riyadh. (The New Arab)

Business and economy

• Twenty-one of the 27 countries of the European Union approve the EU–Mercosur Association Agreement after 25 years of talks. (POLITICO)

Disasters and accidents

• Fourteen people are killed and over 30 others are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge near Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. (Hindustan Times)

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