Portal:Current events/2024 December 7

December 7, 2024 (2024-12-07) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • 2024 Syrian opposition offensive
    • Battle of Damascus (2024)
      • The Military Operations Command coalition led by Tahrir al-Sham says a military operation to capture Damascus is underway with rebels reportedly advancing on the capital on several fronts. (The Jerusalem Post)
      • Rebel forces capture the town of Saasaa in Rif Dimashq Governorate as the Syrian Defense Ministry denies reports that its troops are abandoning positions in the Damascus countryside. (Al Arabiya)
    • Palmyra offensive (2024)
      • The United States-backed Revolutionary Commando Army (Free Syrian Army) takes control of Palmyra in Homs Governorate, Syria, after heavy fighting with pro-government forces. The rebels also capture the towns of Al-Sukhnah and Al-Qaryatayn. (Yeni Safak)
    • Southern Syria offensive (2024)
      • The Syrian Armed Forces announces a complete withdrawal from Daraa Governorate and Suwayda Governorate in order to reinforce the capital Damascus. (AP)
      • Rebel forces capture Al-Sanamayn as they advance towards Damascus. A senior rebel commander says their forces are now within 20 kilometres of the Syrian capital. (First Post) (The Hindustan Times)
      • Rebel forces capture Quneitra, capital of the Quneitra Governorate, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Al Arabiya)
    • The Syrian Army withdraws from Al-Hasakah and Qamishli in the northeast Al-Hasakah Governorate, handing over control of the Kurdish-majority cities to the Syrian Democratic Forces. (Anadolu Agency) (Yeni Safak)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
      • At least 20 people, including six children, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Cross-strait relations, Chinese intelligence activity abroad
  • Prosecutors in Taiwan charge four soldiers with espionage and accuse them of passing photographs of Taiwan's military capability to Chinese agents in exchange for money from 2022 to 2024. (DW) (The Standard)
• Several casualties are reported after an explosion at several apartments in The Hague, The Netherlands. Police are looking for a car which fled from the scene. (Euronews)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Indian farmers' protest
  • Over 100 Indian farmers march from Punjab to the capital city New Delhi to demand for the legal assurance of a minimum support price for all crops and loan forgiveness for the farmers. (DW)
  • Punjab Police set up barricades and fire tear gas at the farmers marching, causing them to turn around and return to Shambhu, Punjab. (Hindustan Times) (Anadolu Agency)
• 2024 South Korean martial law
  • President Yoon Suk Yeol apologizes to the South Korean population, promising that he will not avoid legal sanctions or institute martial law a second time. (The Guardian)
• Interim President and military junta leader of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré dismisses Prime Minister Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla and dissolves the current government without giving formal explanation. (DW) (Irish Examiner)

Science and technology

• The Iranian Space Agency successfully launches the Simorgh rocket carrying two satellites and the Saman-1 space tug from the Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal in Semnan, Iran, its heaviest payload ever launched in the program's history. (DW)

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