Portal:Current events/December 2024
December 2024 is the twelfth and final month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Sunday, will end on a Tuesday after 31 days. It is the current month.
December 1, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria offensive
- Battle of Aleppo
- 2024 Aleppo University Hospital airstrike
- Turkish-backed militants say that they captured Aleppo's Ramouseh district as well as the city of As-Safira and the town of Khanasir in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher) (SOHR)
- At least nine people are killed and at least 62 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on Idlib. (SOHR)
- The Syrian National Army says that they captured the city of Tell Rifaat and Menagh Air Base in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher)
- Battle of Aleppo
- Northwestern Syria offensive
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Rapid Support Forces establish a civilian administration in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, including the adjacent cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North. (The National News) (Dabanga Sudan)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Colombian conflict
- After three days of encounters between The Raúl Reyes Front, commanded by a.k.a Calarcá, and the Frontera Commands leaving momentarily 12 militants dead, in the municipality of Puerto Guzmán, Putumayo Department. (Deutche Welle)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sectarian violence in Pakistan
- The number of people killed during sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during the last ten days has increased to 130. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Nineteen people are killed by Cyclone Fengal in India and Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
International relations
- Ukraine–United States relations
- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that the United States will not return to Ukraine the nuclear weapons that they dismantled. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Nzérékoré stampede
- At least 56 people are killed during a stampede at a football match in Nzérékoré, Guinea, after the police tear gassed the field as rival fans stormed it following a controversial referee decision. A police station is later set ablaze. (Al Jazeera)
- Weiss special counsel investigation
- United States President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden of tax and firearms charges. (BBC News)
- Seventy-nine people are injured in football hooliganism clashes between fans of FC Carl Zeiss Jena and BSG Chemie Leipzig following a match in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election
- In Iceland, the Social Democratic Alliance wins 15 seats in the Althing elections, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority. (DW)
- 2024 Romanian parliamentary election
- Romanians vote for the 330 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the 136 seats of the Senate. (RFE/RL)
December 2, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arab–Israeli conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Hamas says that 33 hostages have been killed in the 14 months since the war started. (The Times)
- The Israel Defense Forces say that Israeli-American soldier Omer Maxim Neutra, previously believed to be a living hostage, was killed during the October 7 attacks last year and his body was kept in Gaza. (Haaretz)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- The Gaza Health Ministry says that around 37 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, increasing the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 44,466. (The Hindu)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Syrian civil war
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that the United States will provide Ukraine with a $725 million weapons package. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict
- At least 10 people are killed during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces gunmen in Batangi-Mbau, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several houses are burned. (AP)
Business and economy
- German economic crisis
- Workers of the German metalworkers' union IG Metall begin a labor strike after failed negotiations with Volkswagen following the closure of three automotive manufacturing plants. (DW)
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee releases their final reports on the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States investigating the origins of COVID-19, Operation Warp Speed's vaccination program, and mask mandates and lockdowns. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- 2024 Georgian post-election protests
- Georgian police arrest opposition leader Zurab Japaridze, accusing his party of "coordinating violence" during the protests against Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Maritime drug smuggling into Australia
- Australian Federal Police announces they have arrested thirteen men, including the vice president of the outlaw Comanchero Motorcycle Club and two teenagers, for illegally smuggling 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into the country after their fishing boat broke down off the coast of Urangan, Queensland, Australia. (Al Jazeera) (RNZ) (ABC News)
- Forty-four children are injured, including one critically, when a person sprays an unknown gas inside a school in Berlin, Germany. (Blue News)
- Three people are killed and eight others are injured after a mass shooting at a gathering in Gage Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Irish general election
- In Ireland, Fianna Fáil remains the largest party in Dáil Éireann, increasing its number of seats to 48. Its governing partner Fine Gael wins 38 seats, with the two parties combined winning 86 seats, two shy of a majority. (AP)
- 2024 Romanian presidential election
- The Constitutional Court of Romania upholds the results of the first round of the presidential elections following a recount last week after far-right independent candidate Călin Georgescu won a plurality of the vote, triggering a run-off. (Al Jazeera) (France24)
December 3, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria offensive
- 2024 Hama offensive
- Rebel forces capture the city of Suran, the towns of Halfaya and Taybat al-Imam, and the village of Maardis in Hama Governorate, Syria. (SOHR)
- 2024 Hama offensive
- Deir ez-Zor offensive
- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture seven villages and the town of Khasham in Deir ez-Zor Governorate from pro-government forces. The US-led CJTF–OIR coalition aircraft also launch airstrikes against Syrian government forces in support of the SDF offensive. (Rudaw)
- Northwestern Syria offensive
- Red Sea crisis
- The Government of Canada officially designates the Yemen-based Houthi movement as a terrorist organization due to the group's attacks on civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo flu outbreak
- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announce an investigation into the deaths of 143 people from a flu-like disease in the Province of Kwango. (AP)
Law and crime
- A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upholds the death penalty for real estate tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan after Lan was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion through the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank. (VnExpress) (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 South Korean martial law
- During an emergency address to the nation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law in order to clear out alleged "threats posed by North Korean communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements." Yoon says that the decision to declare martial law was made in order to "remove North Korean forces" and to protect South Korea's "liberal constitutional order". (KBS) (BBC News) (Reuters) (Barrons)
- South Korean Army general Park An-su is appointed Martial Law Commander by Yoon Suk Yeol, with Park announcing that media organizations will be subject to military control and that protests will be banned. (Yna) (The Guardian)
- Protesters clash with police while attempting to storm the National Assembly building in Seoul. (The Independent)
- In defiance of the declaration of martial law, which prohibits political activities, the National Assembly votes unanimously to order Yoon Suk Yeol to lift martial law. Korean soldiers that were guarding the National Assembly building withdraw following the vote. (The Guardian)
- Yoon Suk Yeol announces that he will lift the martial law that he declared hours earlier amid staunch opposition from both the opposition and his own People Power Party. (Reuters)
- Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process
- Palestinian officials announce that Fatah and Hamas are close to reaching an agreement on appointing a technocratic committee to govern the Gaza Strip following the end of the Israel–Hamas war. (The Globe and Mail)
December 4, 2024 (Wednesday)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- 2024 South Korean protests
- The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and other professional unions in South Korea announce a labor strike on December 5 and 6 in response to President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise martial law yesterday, calling for his resignation. (Maeil Business Newspaper) (Bloomberg)
- The South Korean won drops to a two-year low following President Yoon's declaration of martial law yesterday. Several ETFs on the Korea Exchange also drop to a one-year low. (Invezz)
- Foreign embassies in Seoul warn their citizens to stay away from mass demonstrations, citing the possibility of violence and death. (The Korea Herald)
December 5, 2024 (Thursday)
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