Portal:Current events/2024 December 1

December 1, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
  - Battle of Aleppo
    - 2024 Aleppo University Hospital airstrike
      - Twelve people are killed and 23 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
    - 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) (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  - At least nine people are killed and at least 62 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on Idlib. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  - The Syrian National Army says that they captured the city of Tell Rifaat and Menagh Air Base in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher)
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) (Radio Dabanga)
Colombian conflict
- Clashes between FARC dissident groups Raúl Reyes Front and Frontera Commands leave twelve militants dead in Puerto Guzmán, Putumayo Department, Colombia. (Deutsche 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. (Associated Press)
Mali war
- A Malian army drone strike in Tinzaouaten kills eight leaders of the Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad coalition. (Reuters)

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 the nuclear weapons that they dismantled to Ukraine. (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 English)
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. (Deutsche Welle)

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. (Deutsche Welle)
2024 Liechtenstein referendums
- Citizens of Liechtenstein vote in a referendum to form a state pension fund. The vote passes with a 52.6% majority. (Liechtensteiner Vaterland)
2024 Romanian parliamentary election
- Romanians vote for the 330 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the 136 seats of the Senate. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)