Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israeli military launches a raid in Beit Jinn, Syria, targeting unknown gunmen and carrying out airstrikes, killing 13 Syrians, including two children, and wounding 25 others. Six Israeli soldiers are also wounded in a shootout with local residents. Israel says it was targeting Jaama Islamiya. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News) (The Jerusalem Post)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/28/israeli-forces-syrians-clash-in-damascus-countryside-casualties-reported
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp89k31krz4o
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-876513

Disasters and accidents

Two tankers sanctioned as being a part of the alleged Russian shadow fleet are hit by explosions while transiting the Bosporus, with at least one of the vessels catching on fire. Turkey says search and rescue operations are underway to evacuate the crew members. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/tanker-hit-by-blast-fire-north-turkeys-bosphorus-strait-agency-says-2025-11-28/

International relations

United States president Donald Trump announces that he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a U.S. prison sentence for drug-trafficking offenses. (AFP via France 24)

• https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251128-trump-says-pardoning-honduras-ex-president-days-before-vote

Law and crime

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak resigns after agents from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office raid his apartment. (BBC News) (The Kyiv Independent)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c058lp086zvo
• https://kyivindependent.com/zelenskys-chief-of-staff-yermak/

Law and crime

Russia formally outlaws Human Rights Watch as an undesirable organization. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/russia-crackdown-undesirable-organization-human-rights-watch-17cd57227679c9995626e9444fd60ff5