Ta̱mpi̱let:A̱na̱nwuai:Naat mbwuot mi̱ di̱ yong huni/2024 Zwat Swak ma̱ng Sweang 12
12, 2024 (A̱tuk A̱laamit)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Operation Dawn of Freedom
- 2024 Manbij offensive
- Large-scale protests occur in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, against pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room revenge killings and crimes against civilians. (SOHR)
- Pro-Turkish factions are filmed executing dozens of surrendered prisoners of the pro-Kurdish Manbij Military Council and Syrian Democratic Forces. (SOHR)
- 2024 Kobani offensive
- Turkish military forces and the pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room launch an attack with tanks and drones against the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates river, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns could trigger a dam failure and a severe humanitarian crisis. (SOHR)
- 2024 Manbij offensive
- Israel and the Syrian civil war
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
- Syrian residents of the villages of Hader, Hamidiya, and Umm Batna in Quneitra Governorate are displaced from their homes after Israeli military forces enter the villages with military vehicles. (SOHR)
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
- Fall of the Assad regime
- At least six civilians are reported to have been killed by gunfire in celebration of the fall of the Assad regime. (SOHR)
- Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Satellite images and MarineTraffic data confirm that the Russian Navy has abandoned its naval base in the port city of Tartus. (The Telegraph)
- Syrian peace process
- The Syrian transitional government announces that the constitution and parliament will be suspended during the three-month transitional period. (Al Arabiya)
- Operation Dawn of Freedom
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Four police officers are injured in a drone attack on the barracks of a police regiment building in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. (Kyiv Independent)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Khalil Haqqani and several other people. (AP)
Arts and culture
- United States president-elect Donald Trump is named Person of the Year by Time magazine. (BBC News)
- Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. (Polygon)
Disasters and accidents
- Seven people including a child are killed and thirty-five others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Times of India)
- 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Tropical Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Agaléga, Mauritius. (Crisis24)
International relations
Law and crime
- Federal pardons in the United States
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons for 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutes the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history". (AP)
- A Danish court sentences British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah to 12 years in prison for tax fraud. (The National)
Science and technology
- Edith Heard, biologist specialist of epigenetics and director-general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is awarded the CNRS Gold Medal, France's highest research award. (CNRS - Le Journal)
Sports
- World Chess Championship 2024
- Gukesh Dommaraju defeats Ding Liren to win the World Chess Championship 7½-6½, becoming the youngest ever chess champion at the age of 18 years. (Sportstar)