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On October 7, 2022, Somali Army troops repulsed an Al-Shabaab attack on a military base near Balad, Somalia. In the skirmish, nineteen al-Shabaab members were reportedly killed.
== Prelude ==
Since a functioning government formed in 2009, Somalia has been grappling with a wave of jihadist unrest fueled by terror grou... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bal%27ad_(2022) | armed_conflict | null |
The battles of Sievierodonetsk were a series of battles between Ukrainian troops and Luhansk People's Republic formations during the war in Donbas in and around the Eastern Ukrainian cluster of cities of Rubizhne, Lysychansk, and Sieverodonetsk for control.
== Timeline ==
On 22 May 2014, a convoy from the 30th Mechan... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2014) | armed_conflict | null |
On 22 May 2023, a general strike was called in Romania's education system, involving 150,000 teachers and another 60,000–70,000 teaching and auxiliary staff, demanding a rise in salaries in education by 25%. During the strike, there have been multiple attempts by syndicates and teachers to negotiate with the Romanian g... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Romanian_teachers%27_strike | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Rubizhne was a major urban military battle on the eastern theatre of the Russo-Ukrainian war. The battle took place between 17 March - 12 May 2022 When the city came under Russian control on 12 May.
== Background ==
Rubizhne had been previously captured by Russian-aligned forces during the 2014 war in D... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rubizhne | armed_conflict | null |
A military engagement took place between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Russia in the city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on the southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces entered the city on 25 February and took control of its government buildings.
== Background ==
Me... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Melitopol | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Hasakah was a large-scale Islamic State attack and prison riot aimed at freeing arrested fighters of the Islamic State from al-Sina'a prison in the Ghuwayran (Geweran) area of Hasakah, Syria, which resulted in a SDF military victory and an ISIS prison break, with hundreds of prisoners, including important... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hasakah_(2022) | armed_conflict | null |
As part of the Russian offensive on Kyiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a battle took place for control of the city of Irpin. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Ground Forces. By 28 March 2022 Ukrainian forces recaptured the city.
The battle was part of a larger operation to... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Irpin | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Soledar was a series of military engagements in and around the urban-type settlement of Soledar during the Battle of Donbas in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Russian forces began an offensive on 3 August 2022, shelling Soledar, Bakhmut, and surrounding villages to the south and east. Repeated local Russian assa... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Soledar | armed_conflict | null |
During the Russo-Ukrainian war, a battle took place between Russian forces and Ukrainian forces for control over the city of Marinka.
The battle was notable for its length and the extent of destruction of the city's infrastructure. By November 2022, much of the city was destroyed, with no civilians remaining and few bu... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marinka_(2022%E2%80%932023) | armed_conflict | null |
A military engagement between the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control over the Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka and the nearby area began in November 2024 and ended with the Russian capture of the town in January 2025.
== Background ==
On 12 March 2022, after 15 days of fighting, Russian tr... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Novosilka_offensive | armed_conflict | null |
During the Russo-Ukrainian war, the first main Russian effort to capture Vuhledar, a city in Donetsk Oblast, took place in the early months of 2023, following an advance through the surrounding area the preceding year. Ukrainian commanders described these clashes as "the largest tank battle" of the war to date. This as... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vuhledar | armed_conflict | null |
The Balkhab uprising was a Hazara rebellion in Balkhab district, Sar-e Pol province, Afghanistan against the Taliban. Led by Mahdi Mujahid, the uprising began on 23 June 2022 after Mahdi Mujahid's forces captured Balkhab district.
Initially, the Taliban did not take Mahdi Mujahid seriously when he declared war against ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkhab_uprising | armed_conflict | null |
Since 19 September 2022, a military campaign has taken place along a frontline in western parts of Luhansk Oblast and far-eastern parts of Kharkiv Oblast amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The frontline has been referred to as the Svatove–Kreminna line or the Kupiansk–Svatove–Kreminna–Bilohorivka line, after the maj... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast_campaign | armed_conflict | null |
On 3 May 2023, ethnic violence erupted in India's north-eastern state of Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribal community from the surrounding hills. According to government figures, as of 22 November 2024, 258 people have been killed in the violence and 60... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932026_Manipur_conflict | armed_conflict | null |
On 7 October 2023, seven female Israeli tank crew members from the Caracal Battalion fought against Hamas militants continuously for 17 hours. The battle was the first instance in modern military history of an all-female armored unit taking part in combat. According to Israel, they killed 50 militants.
The performance ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_female_tank_crew_fight | armed_conflict | null |
The siege of Gaza City was an engagement of the Gaza war that began on 2 November 2023, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) surrounded Gaza City, amid the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip after the October 7 attacks. Gaza City is the most populated city in the Gaza Strip and the battle started on 30 October 2023, wh... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Gaza_City | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Ofakim (Hebrew: קרב אופקים; Arabic: معركة سديروت) began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on southern Israel, which was widely condemned as an act of terrorism. The Israeli city of Ofakim (Hebrew: אופקים) is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 20 kilometers (12.4... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ofakim | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Nir Am occurred during the October 7 attacks in Israel, in which militants from Hamas attacked kibbutz Nir Am next to Sderot. The forces of the Golani Brigade and later the Border Guard prevented the militants from penetrating the kibbutz.
== Background ==
On the morning of October 7, 2023, Palestinian ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nir_Am | armed_conflict | null |
The kibbutz of Nahal Oz and the adjacent military base near the northern Gaza Strip were attacked in 2023 as part of the October 7 attacks. In the attack, more than 60 Israeli soldiers and 15 civilians were killed. Some soldiers and eight civilians were kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, seve... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahal_Oz_attack | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Beit Hanoun began on 27 October 2023 at the start of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. On 18 December 2023, Israeli forces had prematurely signalled that they had full control over Beit Hanoun and had destroyed Hamas' Beit Hanoun Battalion. However, clashes continued in the town. Israeli forces with... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beit_Hanoun | armed_conflict | null |
The 2022 Callao oil spill is a crude oil spill that occurred on 15 January 2022, on the coast of the Ventanilla district in the constitutional province of Callao, Peru, after abnormal waves caused by the volcanic eruption in Tonga and alleged negligence on the side of company Repsol. It has been qualified by the Enviro... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Callao_oil_spill | armed_conflict | null |
Battle of Lyman may refer to:
Battle of Lyman's Wagon Train, 1874
Battle of Krasnyi Lyman, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, in 2014
Russian capture of Lyman, Ukraine, during the Battle of Donbas in May 2022
Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022), recapture by Ukraine | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lyman | armed_conflict | null |
On 3 July 2023, the Israeli military conducted a major assault on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. The Israeli government stated that the goal of the operation, named Operation Home and Garden, was to target militants within the camp.
The attack began in the early hours of 3 July and resulted in the deaths of a... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2023_Jenin_incursion | armed_conflict | null |
As part of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, a military engagement took place near Zikim, Israel between Hamas militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). According to Haaretz, Hamas's goal was to capture Zikim's military training base. The Israeli navy prevented most Hamas militants from land... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zikim_attack | armed_conflict | null |
A series of military engagements took place in May 2022, most notably from 5 to 13 May, near Lyman and Sievierodonetsk, on the eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Russian forces from the 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the 41st Combined Arms Army were defeated by tanks of the 30th Mechanized Brigade a... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Siverskyi_Donets | armed_conflict | null |
On 7 October 2023, as part of the Qassam Brigades-initiated October 7 attacks on Israel, a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza Envelope, around 30 militants from Hamas' Qassam Brigades attacked Kibbutz Sufa and then overran a nearby military outpost.
Around 7:30am, Hamas militants motorbikes indiscrimi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sufa | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Lysychansk was a military engagement between Russia and Ukraine in the wider battle of Donbas of the eastern Ukraine campaign during the Russo-Ukrainian war. By May 2022, Lysychansk and its twin city of Sievierodonetsk were the two largest cities of the Luhansk Oblast not under Russian control. Russian f... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lysychansk | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Re'im (Hebrew: קרב רעים, Arabic: معركة رعيم) took place on 7 October 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, initiating the Gaza war. At 10:00 am, less than five hours after Hamas attacked, fighting was reported outside of the Re'im Army Base, which is headquarters for the Gaza Division. The base was reportedly... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Re%27im | armed_conflict | null |
In March 2022, the island of Corsica, France, saw protests in response to a prison attack on nationalist leader Yvan Colonna. There were rallies in the main cities of Ajaccio, Calvi and Bastia that descended into violent clashes between police and protestors. Protestors threw stones and flares at gendarmes.
== Backgr... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Corsica_unrest | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Bakhmut was a major battle between the Russian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of the city of Bakhmut, during the eastern front, a theatre of the Russo-Ukrainian war. It is regarded by some military analysts to be the bloodiest battle since World War II.
The shelling of Bakhmut beg... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bakhmut | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Merowe Airport happened in April 2023 during the Sudanese civil war. It involved fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for control of the city of Merowe and its airport, and began with the RSF taking over 200 Egyptian soldiers as prisoners of war.
== Background ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Merowe_Airport | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Nyala was a battle for control of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in Sudan, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudanese Armed Forces during the ongoing Darfur campaign. The first battle occurred between 15 and 20 April 2023, during which hundreds were reported dead. A civilia... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nyala | armed_conflict | null |
The Geneina massacre, also the Battle of Geneina, was a series of major battles for control of Geneina, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias against Masalit self-defense militias and the Sudanese Alliance. The battles primarily lasted between April... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Geneina | armed_conflict | null |
The Siege of Kadugli was in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, Sudan, during the current Sudanese civil war. It involves two aligned rebel factions, the SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction) and the Rapid Support Forces, that are trying to capture the city from the Sudanese Armed Forces. The city was under siege for two years before th... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadugli | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Kutum was a conflict during the War in Sudan which occurred in and around the town of Kutum in North Darfur. The Rapid Support Forces quickly overran the city, and carried out massacres in the city and the neighboring Kassab IDP camp. The group then attacked neighboring villages in early June.
== Backgr... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kutum | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Mese took place during the first half of 2023 for control of Mese Township on the border between Myanmar and Thailand in Kayah State. The battle was a part of the current Myanmar civil war.
== Battle ==
On 19 February 2023, Karenni Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) ambushed a column of 30 soldiers in Me... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mese | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Sderot (Hebrew: קרב שדרות; Arabic: معركة سديروت) began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on southern Israel, which was widely condemned as an act of terrorism. The Israeli city of Sderot (Hebrew: שְׂדֵרוֹת; Arabic: سديروت), located close to the border between Israel and ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sderot | armed_conflict | null |
The Siege of El Fasher was an 18-month siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher, North Darfur by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as part of the Sudanese civil war. It was preceded by a series of battles for control between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), during which the city became the last stronghold of t... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_El_Fasher | armed_conflict | null |
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a military engagement was fought for control over the town of Hostomel between the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces. As part of an offensive on Kyiv, the Russian forces sought control over Hostomel, Bucha and Irpin in order to encircle and besiege the Ukrainian capital city Kyi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hostomel | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Slavutych was a military engagement which took place during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the city of Slavutych, a purpose-built settlement for workers in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The city came under attack by Russian forces in March 2022, forcing out Ukrainian defenders.
== Timeline ==
=== ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Slavutych | armed_conflict | null |
The Ménaka offensive was a series of offensives launched by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara against the Malian Army, Tuareg self-defense groups including the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA) and Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (GATIA), and the al-Qaeda-aligned Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Mus... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9naka_offensive | armed_conflict | null |
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a military engagement took place at Brovary, an eastern suburb of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. Russian forces advanced west from southern Chernihiv Oblast and were engaged by Ukrainian forces. Russian forces withdrew from the area by 1-2 April 2022.
== Prelude ==
On the f... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brovary | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Avdiivka was a major battle between the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of Avdiivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast, during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present). After more than a year and a half of intermittent fighting along the city's outskirts, Russian forces launched an offensive to captur... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2023%E2%80%932024) | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Donbas was a military offensive that was part of the wider eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war. The offensive began on 18 April 2022 between the armed forces of Russia and Ukraine for control of the Donbas region. Military analysts consider the campaign to have been the second strategic phase of the ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Donbas_(2022) | armed_conflict | null |
In mid-April 2022, a military engagement began in Popasna between Ukrainian and Russian forces. On 7 May, the city came under Russian control.
== Background ==
Popasna is an important regional hub with many roadway junctions key to separatist forces during the war in Donbas and the Russian advances in the eastern the... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Popasna | armed_conflict | null |
On January 10, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) attacked Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries in the villages of Diafarabé and Koumara in central Mali.
== Background ==
In early 2023, the al-Qaeda-aligned jihadist military coalition JNIM ramped up its campaign against Malian forc... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diafarab%C3%A9_and_Koumara_attacks | armed_conflict | null |
On April 27, 2023, jihadists from the Katiba Hanifa of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin launched an attack on Burkinabe forces in Ougarou, Est Region, Burkina Faso. Around 33 Burkinabe soldiers and VDP were killed along with 40 jihadists.
== Background ==
Violence by jihadist groups increased exponentially since th... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ougarou | armed_conflict | null |
On December 3, 2023, jihadists from the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISSP) launched simultaneous attacks against Malian forces and allied Wagner Group mercenaries in Labbézanga, Gao Region, and against Tuareg militia groups in Ménaka Region.
== Background ==
Labbezanga is a small town on the border between Mali an... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labbezanga_attack | armed_conflict | null |
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union, the G7 nations and Australia have imposed sanctions on Russia. The sanctions on oil began in December 2022 and included an embargo of Russian oil, namely, the bringing of crude oil and refined oil products from Russia to the EU and other G7... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo_of_Russian_oil_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Khan Yunis, which evolved into the siege of Khan Yunis in late January 2024, began on 1 December 2023 in the midst of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.
== Battle ==
=== December 2023 ===
On 1 December 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched artillery strikes and air raids on the city of K... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Khan_Yunis | armed_conflict | null |
On September 28, 2023, rebels from the CSP-PSD attacked Malian bases in Dioura, Mali.
== Background ==
Since the start of 2023, tensions had intensified between the Malian junta that took power in 2021 and the allied Wagner Group mercenaries against the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Developme... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Dioura_(2023) | armed_conflict | null |
The 2023 unrest in Kirkuk was an incident involving Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen residents of the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. It began on 26 August 2023, after a building that used to be the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (which was used at the time by the Iraqi Armed Forces as a Joint Operations Command) was ab... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_unrest_in_Kirkuk | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Volnovakha was a military engagement which lasted from 25 February 2022 until 12 March 2022, on the eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) forces engaged Ukrainian forces at the small city of Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast, which was located close to th... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Volnovakha | armed_conflict | null |
The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in 2023, during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. The attacks, which began the ongoing Gaza war, were the fir... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks | armed_conflict | null |
A series of occasional skirmishes have occurred along the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border between the Taliban-led Afghan Armed Forces and Tajikistani Border Troops. The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan led to a deterioration in relations between the two countries. Tajikistani president Emomali Rahmon has vowed no... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Tajikistan_border_skirmishes | armed_conflict | null |
On 13 December 2022, fighting broke out between the Uganda People's Defence Force and the Allied Democratic Forces in Ntoroko District, in western Uganda.
== Prelude ==
In the 1990s, the Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces formed in southern Uganda, and quickly took hold in eastern Congo and the dense rainforests... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntoroko_clashes | armed_conflict | null |
Between January 16 and 23, 2022, French and Burkinabe forces conducted a counter-jihadist operation in and around the cities of Gorom-Gorom and Djibo, both in northern Burkina Faso. The operation was the last major one conducted between French forces and Burkinabe ones before the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Laabingol | armed_conflict | null |
A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan prayer, Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the mosque, prompted by reports that Jews planned to sacrifice a goat at the site (which is forbidden... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Al-Aqsa_clashes | armed_conflict | null |
A concert and rally took place on 22 February 2023 at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. TASS reported that the rally commemorated Defender of the Fatherland Day. Ukrainska Pravda stated that the date was selected in reference to the starting date of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 24 February 2022.
RBC reported that Presi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Moscow_rally | armed_conflict | null |
On May 21, 2022, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked the city of Bourzanga, Burkina Faso, but the attack was repelled by Burkinabe and French forces.
== Background ==
Beginning in 2019 in Arbinda and escalating in late 2021 and early 2022, jihadist groups such as Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Musli... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourzanga_attack | armed_conflict | null |
The siege of Madjoari began in February 2021 and lasted until May 25, 2022, as part of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso. Jihadists from Ansarul Islam and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin began attacking the city, controlled by Burkinabe forces and the pro-government Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Madjoari | armed_conflict | null |
The Yavoriv military base was attacked by Russian forces on 13 March 2022 as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The base is located near the city of Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, less than 15 miles from the border with Poland. According to Ukrainian officials, the military facility was hit by 30 Russian missiles, with in... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yavoriv_military_base_attack | armed_conflict | null |
On September 4, 2023, clashes broke out between jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Burkinabe soldiers backed by pro-government VDP militiamen in the village of Koumbri, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. The battle left over fifty Burkinabe soldiers and militiamen dead and an unknown number of jihadists... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Koumbri | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Moshchun was a series of military engagements for control of the village of Moshchun and its surroundings during the initial phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The battle lasted from 5 March to 21 March 2022, and has been described as "one of the fiercest and most important battles during the defen... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moshchun | armed_conflict | null |
On February 20, 2023, jihadists from the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISGS) ambushed Burkinabe soldiers in Tin-Akoff, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso. Between 15 and 100 Burkinabe soldiers were killed. The attack came just three days after the Tin-Ediar attack, where over seventy Burkinabe soldiers were killed in an ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tin-Akoff | armed_conflict | null |
The Tin-Ediar attack or Déou attack occurred on February 17, 2023 when Burkinabe soldiers were ambushed by the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISGS) near the village of Tin-Ediar while travelling between Déou and Oursi, Burkina Faso. Over 70 Burkinabe soldiers were killed in the ambush, and Burkinabe authorities stated... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin-Ediar_attack | armed_conflict | null |
Between April 24 and May 6, 2022, clashes broke out between the 400 Mawozo gang and the Chen Mechan gang in Plaine du Cul-de-Sac, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Nearly 200 people were killed, many of whom were civilians.
== Prelude ==
Since 2018, much of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince has been the site of gang wars d... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plaine_du_Cul-de-Sac | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Dilling was a siege for control of Dilling which began on 26 June 2023 when Rapid Support Forces invaded the city. The Sudanese Armed Forces successfully defended and recaptured Dilling from the RSF. Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North attacked and sieged Dilling from the south. It was an urban battl... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dilling | armed_conflict | null |
On February 10, 2023, militants from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ambushed Nigerien soldiers at Intagamey, Niger, killing at least seventeen people.
== Background ==
French and Nigerien forces began conducting Operation Almahaou in early 2023 to counter the growing jihadist forces from Islamic State in the Gre... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intagamey_attack | armed_conflict | null |
On April 10, 2023, clashes broke out between Masalit and Arab civilians in Foro Baranga, West Darfur, Sudan, killing at least 25 people. Four days later the clashes ceased but a wider national conflict broke out.
== Prelude ==
Throughout the War in Darfur, Foro-Baranga was a haven for refugees escaping violence in We... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Foro_Baranga_clashes | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Wad Madani was a battle in the Sudanese civil war over the control of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State in east-central Sudan, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The initial battle ended with the RSF capturing the town on 19 December 2023. The Sudanese Armed ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wad_Madani | armed_conflict | null |
The battle of Jabalia was a battle fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian forces in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip, as part of the ongoing Gaza war.
It began on 8 November 2023 as part of the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and ended its first phase in late January 2024 with an Israeli withdrawal. Followin... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jabalia | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Talataye took place between 6 and 7 September 2022 during the Menaka offensives of the Mali War. During the battle, militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara stormed Talataye, Mali, looting and burning the town. The following day, ISGS abandoned Talataye.
== Background ==
In March 2022, Isl... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talataye_(2022) | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Khartoum was a major strategic battle for control of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, with fighting in and around the city between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), as part of the civil war. The battle began on 15 April 2023, after the RSF captured Khartoum I... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khartoum_(2023%E2%80%932025) | armed_conflict | null |
On April 15, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked a group of Burkinabe soldiers and civilian volunteers in the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) near Aorema, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso, killing at least forty soldiers and VDP and injuring over thirty others. The attack occ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2023_Aorema_attack | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Las Anod was the central military confrontation of the Las Anod conflict of 2023. Fighting began in early February 2023 after weeks of protests in Las Anod against Somaliland’s administration escalated into an armed uprising led by the SSC-Khatumo movement, which demanded reunification with the Federal Go... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Las_Anod_(2023) | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Dhabansaar, fought on May 16, 2023, was a confrontation between Somaliland's national army and SSC-Khatumo forces in the Sool region of Somaliland. The battle was marked by intense combat and significant strategic implications for both sides. Following coordinated attacks by SSC-Khaatumo, Somaliland force... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dhabansaar | armed_conflict | null |
The Battle of Laukkai was a military offensive conducted by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) encircling and capturing Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone (Kokang SAZ) in northeastern Myanmar. The battle was part of the larger Operation 1027, a joint military operation conducte... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Laukkai | armed_conflict | null |
The Honduran gang crackdown, referred to in Honduras as the Régimen de Excepción (Spanish for State of Exception), began in December 2022 after parts of the constitution were suspended to fight criminal gangs in the country.
Initially instituted for forty-five days in two municipalities, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula,... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran_gang_crackdown | armed_conflict | null |
In July, September, and October 2022, clashes broke out between the Hausa people and Funj and Berta peoples over land disputes in the Blue Nile state in southeastern Sudan, particularly the contentious establishment of a Hausa emirate in Blue Nile State. Over the course of several attacks and massacres, hundreds of civ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Nile_clashes_(2022%E2%80%932023) | armed_conflict | null |
The Dnieper campaign is a series of clashes that are occurring along the river Dnieper (Dnipro) in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, as part of the fighting in the southern theater of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Specifically, this campaign refers to clashes along the river between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian Armed... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_campaign_(2022%E2%80%93present) | armed_conflict | null |
The Las Anod conflict (Somali: Dagaalkii Laascaanood) was an armed conflict between the Somaliland National Army and the Khaatumo SSC (Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions) forces of the Dhulbahante clan around Las Anod, the capital of the Sool region.
Local tensions escalated in late 2022 following the assassination of civi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Anod_conflict_(2023) | armed_conflict | null |
A conflict began between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in 2022 after Rwandan forces intervened in the DRC to provide military support to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group, including fighting alongside them against the Congolese military (FARDC) and pro-government militias. A peace agreemen... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Rwanda_conflict_(2022%E2%80%93present) | armed_conflict | null |
The 2022–2023 Apurímac protests corresponds to a series of protests and violent confrontations that began on 10 December 2022 in the department of Apurímac in the context of the December 2022 Peruvian protests. The protesters demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closure of the Congress of the Republi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_Apur%C3%ADmac_protests | armed_conflict | null |
An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel. The conflict escalated into a prolonged exchange of bombardments, leading to extensive displacement in I... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah%E2%80%93Israel_conflict_(2023%E2%80%93present) | armed_conflict | null |
The Fano insurgency is an armed conflict and insurgency in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia that began in April 2023 between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government. The conflict started after the government attempted to dissolve the Amhara Special Forces and other regional forces as part of a plan to reform and cen... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fano_insurgency | armed_conflict | null |
Starting on 17 October 2023, and in response to United States support for Israel in the Gaza war, Iran-backed militias initiated a coordinated series of more than 170 attacks on US military bases and assets in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. These attacks resulted in injuries to dozens of US service members. In retaliation, t... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_US_bases_during_the_Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023%E2%80%93present) | armed_conflict | null |
The Almost Naked party was a party held by Russian blogger and TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva in Moscow on 20–21 December 2023, attended by many Russian celebrities. The event sparked a public scandal after photos were published on the Russian Internet. It was sharply criticized by pro-government propagandists and blogger... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Naked_party | armed_conflict | null |
On 30 July 2023, fighting broke out inside the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon after Islamist gunmen tried to assassinate Fatah militant Mahmoud Khalil, killing a companion of his instead.
== Background ==
Ain al-Hilweh is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Sidon District. It was established in 1948 ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ain_al-Hilweh_clashes | armed_conflict | null |
The November Chuvash Rebellion or Rebellion Of The Mobilized Chuvashs was a mutiny of ethnic Chuvashs during the Russo-Ukrainian War. It happened on 1 November 2022 when about 100 mobilized Chuvash men refused to go to war and staged an action of disobedience at the training center.
== Mutiny ==
Russia's propaganda c... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Chuvash_Rebellion | armed_conflict | null |
In June 2023, the private bank Coutts closed the account held by the British politician and broadcaster Nigel Farage, triggering controversy. NatWest, the owner of Coutts, initially claimed that he failed to meet the Coutts eligibility criteria of holding £1,000,000 or more in his account, following the expiry of his m... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage_Coutts_bank_scandal | armed_conflict | null |
The Masalit genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and mass killings of the Masalit people in West Darfur carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies as part of the Darfur genocide. The genocide has been recognized by Genocide Watch, the government of the United States, American academic Eric Ree... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masalit_genocide | armed_conflict | null |
The Uzbekistan cough syrup scandal was a series of poisonings that resulted in the deaths of 18 children in Samarkand and two more children elsewhere in Uzbekistan in December 2022 and January 2023. It was caused by the toxic levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in cold medicines produced by the Indian compa... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan_cough_syrup_scandal | armed_conflict | null |
Witman Hung partygate refers to a political scandal in Hong Kong that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 3 January 2022, during the city's fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, a banquet was held at a tapas bar in Wan Chai to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Witman Hung Wai-man, a delegate of Hong Kong to the Nation... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witman_Hung_partygate | armed_conflict | null |
The Fall of Gooja'ade (also written Goojacade, Gooja'adde or Goojaadde) was a major military engagement on 25 August 2023 during the 2023 Las Anod conflict. It involved forces of the self-declared Somaliland and the pro-unity SSC-Khatumo movement, fighting for control of the Gooja'ade (Gooja’adde) military base near La... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Goojacade | armed_conflict | null |
On August 15, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) ambushed Nigerien soldiers near Koutougou, a village on the border between Niger and Mali. The ambush killed at least seventeen Nigerien soldiers, and was the first major attack by a jihadist group on Nigerien forces since the 2023 Nigerien co... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Koutougou_attack | armed_conflict | null |
In January 2022, 15—the pseudonymous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) artificial intelligence researcher and creator of the non-commercial generative artificial intelligence voice synthesis research project 15.ai—discovered that the blockchain-based technology company Voiceverse had plagiarized from their pl... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceverse_NFT_plagiarism_scandal | armed_conflict | null |
A series of border skirmishes has taken place along the Russia–Ukraine border in Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts since the withdrawal of Russian troops from northern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have stated that strikes across the border happen daily.
== Background ==
By the 4th of April 2022, Russian forces had withdra... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ukraine_border_skirmishes | armed_conflict | null |
Starting on 27 August 2023, an escalation of violence occurred across Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. The clashes began after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is the military force of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) arrested the military commander of Deir ez-Zor Military... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_clashes_(2023) | armed_conflict | null |
The 2022 Moscow rally, officially known in Russia as "For a world without Nazism" (Russian: «Zа мир без нацизма», romanized: "Za mir bez natsizma"), was a political rally and concert at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 18 March 2022, which marked the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Moscow_rally | armed_conflict | null |
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