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February 21, 2024
(
2024-02-21
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Iraqi conflict
Reports emerge that clashes between rival
Shia
militias, primarily
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
and
Saraya al-Salam
, have killed at least 200 fighters across
Iraq
in the past two months.
(
The Medialine
)
Syrian civil war
,
2024 Iran–Israel conflict
,
Israel–Hezbollah clashes
A Hezbollah missile fired at
Shlomi, Israel
.
(Times of Israel)
Two civilians killed in
Damascus
of an Israeli airstrike at a Syrian security forces compound.
(Reuters)
Two civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on
Majdal Zoun
with further airstrikes on Hezbollah outposts in
Ramyeh
,
Khaim
,
Zibqin
and with shelling of
Aitaroun
.
(Times of Israel)
(Arab News)
Disasters and accidents
2024 Lochem bridge collapse
A
bridge
under construction in
Lochem
, the Netherlands, collapses, killing two workers and injuring two others.
(AP)
2024 Sumedang tornado
At least 33 people are injured after a tornado strikes
Rancaekek
[
id
]
,
West Java
,
Indonesia
.
(Reuters)
Fourteen people are killed and eleven more injured during the collapse of an illegal
gold mine
in
Angostura
,
Venezuela
.
(AP)
Fifteen people are killed and two survive when a truck falls off a cliff in
Mabinay, Negros Oriental
,
Philippines
.
(AFP via
Hindustan Times
)
Law and crime
Espionage in the United States
United States Navy
chief petty officer
Bryce Pedicini, assigned to the
USS
Higgins
, is charged with four counts of
espionage
.
(BBC News)
Belarusian President
Alexander Lukashenko
calls for armed security patrols on streets and in workplaces, claiming the possibility of "extremist" crimes.
(Reuters)
The
Supreme Court
of the U.S. state of
Alabama
rules that frozen
embryos
in
test tubes
are legally considered
children
.
(
The New York Times
)
(BBC News)
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