2024-12-12 — Hefoki

Armed conflicts and attacks

Large-scale protests occur in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, against pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room revenge killings and crimes against civilians. (SOHR)
- https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%ac-%d8%b6%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%81%d8%b5%d8%a7/740663/
Armed conflicts and attacks

Pro-Turkish factions are filmed executing dozens of surrendered prisoners of the pro-Kurdish Manbij Military Council and Syrian Democratic Forces. (SOHR)
- https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%ac%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%a5%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%89-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b4%d9%81/740679/
Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian residents of the villages of Hader, Hamidiya, and Umm Batna in Quneitra Governorate are displaced from their homes after Israeli military forces enter the villages with military vehicles. (SOHR)
- https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ba%d9%84%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%ac%d9%86%d9%88%d8%af-%d9%88%d8%a2%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d8%b3%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa/740567/
Armed conflicts and attacks

At least six civilians are reported to have been killed by gunfire in celebration of the fall of the Assad regime. (SOHR)
- https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%aa%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a5%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b1%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%b5-%d8%b9%d8%b4%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a-%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%ad%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%b3%d9%82%d9%88%d8%b7/740680/
Armed conflicts and attacks

Satellite images and MarineTraffic data confirm that the Russian Navy has abandoned its naval base in the port city of Tartus. (The Telegraph)
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/12/syria-rebels-assad-russia-tartus-warships-planes-medvedev/
Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 33 Palestinians are killed and 50 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. (AP) (Euronews)
- https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-12-12-2024-a39e98286d8d270b6e81608a3d17fa4a
- https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/13/at-least-25-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-on-nuseirat-refugee-camp-in-gaza
Armed conflicts and attacks

Fifteen people are killed in Israeli airstrikes while guarding humanitarian aid convoys near Rafah and Khan Younis, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/israeli-attacks-kill-dozens-across-gaza-including-15-guarding-aid-trucks
Armed conflicts and attacks

The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Khalil Haqqani and several other people. (AP)
- https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-haqqani-funeral-suicide-bombing-kabul-cf2ec2a67b230ce0a4b919561c85042e
Arts and culture

United States president-elect Donald Trump is named Person of the Year by Time magazine. (BBC News)
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36e71wg7z9o
Arts and culture

Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. (Polygon)
- https://www.polygon.com/awards/495868/2024-award-winners-game-year
Disasters and accidents

Tropical Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Agaléga, Mauritius. (Crisis24)
- https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2024/12/indian-ocean-intense-tropical-cyclone-chido-tracking-westward-toward-agalega-mauritius-early-dec-12-update-3
Disasters and accidents

Seven people, including a child, are killed and 35 others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Times of India)
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/seven-killed-as-fire-breaks-out-at-private-hospital-in-tamil-nadus-dindigul/articleshow/116271589.cms
Disasters and accidents

At least nine people are found dead, six others are missing, and 27 people are rescued when a boat carrying African migrants sinks off the coast of Chebba, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. (Al Jazeera) (Arab News)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/at-least-nine-people-die-six-missing-as-boat-sinks-off-tunisia
- https://www.arabnews.com/node/2582833/middle-east
International relations

The European Union approves of Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area in 2025. (Al Jazeera) (Euronews)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/eu-states-approve-full-schengen-membership-for-bulgaria-romania
- https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/12/romania-and-bulgaria-are-granted-full-schengen-membership-with-one-caveat
International relations

Paraguay reopens its embassy in Jerusalem, Israel. (Reuters)
- https://www.reuters.com/world/paraguay-opens-israel-embassy-jerusalem-after-moving-it-tel-aviv-2024-12-12/
Law and crime

A Danish court sentences British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah to 12 years in prison for tax fraud. (The National)
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2024/12/12/sanjay-shah-british-hedge-fund-trader-jailed-in-denmark-for-tax-fraud/
Law and crime

The Venezuelan government releases 103 prisoners who were arrested during the protests against the results of the disputed presidential election in July. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/venezuela-releases-more-than-100-people-imprisoned-after-contested-election
- https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/americas/venezuela-election-protesters-released-intl-latam/index.html
Politics and elections

Hundreds of protesters, led by university students, gather outside the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest against the state-owned television broadcaster and President Aleksandar Vučić's administration. At least 13 people are detained by Serbian police. (AP) (BalkanInsight) (Euronews)
Science and technology

Edith Heard, biologist specialist of epigenetics and director-general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is awarded the CNRS Gold Medal, France's highest research award. (CNRS - Le Journal)
- https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/edith-heard-passion-epigenetique