Portal:Current events/2024 December 14

December 14, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war
- Operation Dawn of Freedom, Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
  - 2024 Kobani clashes
    - The Turkish Armed Forces and pro-Turkish rebel groups amass troops on the Syria–Turkey border outside of Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, and along the nearby Qarqozak Bridge, following several breaches in an internationally-brokered temporary ceasefire agreement between them and the Syrian Democratic Forces. (Enab Baladi) (Roj News)
    - Iraqi water experts issue warnings regarding cracks that have formed in the Tishrin Dam in Aleppo Governorate following continuous bombardment by Turkish and pro-Turkish forces and the possibility of further damage causing a dam failure. (Waradana)
Somali Civil War
- Puntland–Somaliland dispute
  - Las Anod conflict
    - Two Somaliland troops are killed and eight others are injured in fighting between Somaliland and SSC-Khatumo forces in Erigavo, Sanaag, Somaliland. (Idil News)
- At least eight people were killed and ten others injured in a deadly inter-clan conflict in a rural area under the El Buur district of Galgadud region in south-central Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - At least 52 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on two schools in Gaza City and Rafah in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Moody's downgrades France's bond credit rating to "Aa3" from "Aa2" following the collapse of the Barnier government, citing "political fragmentation" as a threat to the country's ability to reduce its public debt and lower its deficit. (DW) (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Cyclone Chido kills two people and causes "catastrophic" damage to the island of Mayotte, with many more feared dead on the island. (France 24) (RFI)

International relations

Law and crime

2024 New Jersey drone sightings
- Flights are temporarily suspended at Stewart International Airport in New York, United States, after the Federal Aviation Administration alerts them to a drone sighting in the area. The incident prompts Governor Kathy Hochul to call for federal government intervention amid a series of widespread drone sightings across the Northeastern United States. (ABC News)
- The Public Service Enterprise Group files a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to close the airspace over two of its nuclear power plants to all aircraft after unidentified drones were spotted hovering over the facilities in New Jersey. (The New York Post via MSN)
2024 Nord Department killings
- Five people are killed during a shooting spree between Dunkirk and Loon-Plage, in Nord Department, France. A man is detained. (AP)
Operation Counter-coup
- Former Minister of Defence and running mate of Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 Brazilian general election Walter Braga Netto is arrested amid charges with meddling in investigations related to an attempted coup. (Reuters)
One police officer is killed and at least two others are injured in an explosion in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Ukrinform)

Politics and elections

2024 Georgian presidential election
- President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili states that she will not recognize the scheduled presidential election results as legitimate due to the election not being a direct vote, and repeats her intention to remain as president until new parliamentary elections are held. (Anadolu Agency)
- Georgian Dream candidate Mikheil Kavelashvili is elected as president by the electoral college. Major opposition parties do not participate in the vote, having boycotted Parliament since the parliamentary election in October. (CNN)
Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol
- South Korea's National Assembly votes to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol over his recent attempt to impose martial law. (The Guardian)