December 11, 2023 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The United Kingdom announces that it will donate two Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters to Ukraine. Doubts are raised over the logistics and timing of their arrival, with Turkey controlling access to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus.

(BBC News)

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Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military junta hold talks with three rebel groups, facilitated by China, amid an ongoing rebel offensive.

(Reuters)

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Egypt and Mauritania invoke United Nations Resolution 377 for the UN General Assembly to discuss an immediate humanitarian ceasefire at an emergency session in New York City, in response to the United States vetoing a UN resolution with a similar objective.

(Al Jazeera)

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Seven Israeli troops are killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of IDF personnel killed in action to 104.

(Haaretz)

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An Israeli artillery strike kills the mayor of Taybeh, Marjeyoun District, Lebanon.

(Reuters)

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MINUSMA officially departs Mali after ten years of peacekeeping in the country. The two remaining MINUSMA bases in Gao and Timbuktu are expected to end operations before MINUSMA's mandate expires on December 31.

(Al Jazeera)

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United States Senator JD Vance says that Ukraine should be willing to give up part of its territory to end the war. Vance and other Republicans have opposed the aid package proposed in the United States Congress for Ukraine.

(The Guardian)

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M/T Strinda, a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker, is hit by at least one missile launched from Yemen, with the vessel reportedly in flames in the Red Sea. The USS Mason is responding to a distress call from the ship, according to U.S. officials.

(The Drive)

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Representatives of Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán meet with United States Republicans in Washington to discuss ending EU and US military support to Ukraine.

(WION)

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