High-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousavi is killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67820538

Nine New People's Army rebels are killed by the Philippine Armed Forces during clashes near Malaybalay, Bukidnon, amid a unilateral truce declared by the communist rebels. (AFP via SCMP)

• https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3246213/philippine-troops-kill-9-communist-rebels-just-month-after-sides-agree-peace-talks

Twenty-six Kurdish separatist militants and eight civilians are killed by airstrikes launched by Turkey in the autonomous region of Rojava in Syria. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/turkey-kurds-syria-iraq-pkk-airstrikes-00461f30fa00d0b33261437991650e3d

Local leaders and government officials in eastern Sudan call on the general population to mobilize and prepare for potential Rapid Support Forces attacks. The Sudanese Armed Forces is reportedly arming civilians amid fears that they will not be able to stop the militia. (Sudan Tribune)

• https://sudantribune.net/article280649/

Two people are killed and 29 others are injured in a fire at a residential building in Seoul, South Korea. (Xinhua via The Star)

• https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/12/25/two-killed-and-29-injured-in-seoul-apartment-fire

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe grants amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and releases them from jails across the country to mark Christmas. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/25/sri-lanka-frees-more-than-1000-prisoners-in-christmas-amnesty