Armed conflicts and attacks

The White Helmets civil defense organization announces they have freed over 20,000 prisoners from Sednaya Prison, with over 10,000 others unaccounted for. They report that there are areas of the prison hidden underground that they do not have access codes to, but can see prisoners on security cameras. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/despairing-syrians-search-notorious-sednaya-prison-missing-relatives-2024-12-09/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/9/dead-bodies-in-ovens-syrian-rescuers-free-prisoners-from-sednaya-jail

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Arakan Army announces their capture of Maungdaw, Rakhine State, giving them full control over the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. (AP News)

• https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-arakan-army-border-maungdaw-680c84094241949fe3fa36c4c49e67de

Armed conflicts and attacks

Twenty-eight people are killed and 37 others are injured in a bombing on a petrol station in Mayo, Khartoum, Sudan. (The Peninsula) (Ommcom News)

• https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/08/12/2024/sudan-rescuers-say-28-killed-in-shelling-of-khartoum-fuel-station
• https://ommcomnews.com/world-news/28-killed-37-injured-in-bombardment-of-fuel-station-in-sudans-capital/

Disasters and accidents

The rescue operation at the scene of an explosion at several apartments in The Hague, Netherlands, two days ago, officially ends, with the final toll being six people killed and five others injured. (Euronews)

• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/09/search-for-the-hague-explosion-victims-ends-with-six-confirmed-dead

Disasters and accidents

Two military helicopters collide during a training flight in Isparta, Turkey, killing six soldiers. (Daily Sabah) (AP)

• https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/military-helicopter-crash-kills-6-in-southwestern-turkiyes-isparta/news
• https://apnews.com/article/turkey-helicopters-midair-collision-670cb7f74d7fa0ed933a5a1d4e5c1161

Politics and elections

Syrian opposition leader Mohammed al-Bashir is appointed Prime Minister of the Syrian transitional government. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2024/12/9/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF

Politics and elections

Prime Minister of Tonga Siaosi Sovaleni resigns ahead of a vote of no confidence. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tonga-pm-sovaleni-resigns-ahead-no-confidence-vote-local-media-reports-2024-12-09/