Armed conflict

Armed conflicts persist across Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, and expanding fronts in the Sahel, DRC, Syria, and Yemen. Heavy fighting, mass displacement, and humanitarian crises continue as insurgencies and state wars intensify across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Thailand weighs fuel export block as ceasefire claim collapses and fighting spreads to coast

Military considers maritime interdiction despite Energy Ministry stating oil shipments halted in June, as border closures and displacement deepen

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 14 Dec 2025

Thailand weighs fuel export block as ceasefire claim collapses and fighting spreads to coast

Thailand imposes coastal curfew as Cambodia shuts border and ceasefire claims unravel

Geographic spread and closure of crossings highlight verification crisis as external truce announcements fail to halt operations

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 14 Dec 2025

Thailand imposes coastal curfew as Cambodia shuts border and ceasefire claims unravel

Palmyra ambush kills two U.S. soldiers and American interpreter, testing new U.S.–Syria partnership

CENTCOM cites a lone ISIS gunman; Syrian monitor says the attacker served in state security. The incident highlights insider-threat risks as Damascus and Washington deepen counter-ISIS cooperation.

By Layla Hassan

/ 14 Dec 2025

Palmyra ambush kills two U.S. soldiers and American interpreter, testing new U.S.–Syria partnership

Six UN peacekeepers killed in drone strike on South Kordofan base

Bangladesh condemns attack as Guterres warns targeting UN forces may constitute war crimes under international law

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 13 Dec 2025

Six UN peacekeepers killed in drone strike on South Kordofan base

Fighting persists after Trump ceasefire claim as Thailand rejects truce

Cambodia reports Thai naval strike on Koh Kong and F-16 raids; evacuations widen as verification gap stalls diplomacy

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 13 Dec 2025

Fighting persists after Trump ceasefire claim as Thailand rejects truce

UN force for Gaza gets mandate but not the tools to succeed

Resolution 2803 authorizes stabilization troops with enforcement powers for disarmament, yet implementation challenges remain

By Layla Hassan

/ 12 Dec 2025

UN force for Gaza gets mandate but not the tools to succeed

Rwanda accuses Burundi as M23 advances on Uvira and dual diplomacy collapses

Kagame alleges 20,000 Burundian troops in eastern Congo, while rebels seize last government hub and displace over 200,000 civilians

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 12 Dec 2025

Rwanda accuses Burundi as M23 advances on Uvira and dual diplomacy collapses

Grozny, 1994: The winter siege that forged Russia's modern war machine

How the disastrous First Chechen War became the laboratory for Putin's rise, urban siege doctrine, and a generation of conflicts from Syria to Ukraine

By Elena Kowalski

/ 11 Dec 2025

Grozny, 1994: The winter siege that forged Russia's modern war machine

Turkey reinforces northern Syria footprint as integration talks stall

New convoys toward SDF frontlines signal leverage play, not imminent offensive, as Ankara shapes post-Assad transition

By Layla Hassan

/ 11 Dec 2025

Turkey reinforces northern Syria footprint as integration talks stall

Border fighting displaces 500,000 as Thailand and Cambodia trade civilian-harm claims

Competing narratives over hospitals, temples and schools complicate ceasefire diplomacy while Thai curfews, evacuee camps and Trump's promised phone calls underline the humanitarian cost

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 11 Dec 2025

Border fighting displaces 500,000 as Thailand and Cambodia trade civilian-harm claims

Myanmar hospital airstrike kills 33 in latest assault on protected medical sites

Junta's election-season air campaign escalates with deadly strike on Rakhine facility treating patients under international protection

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 11 Dec 2025

Myanmar hospital airstrike kills 33 in latest assault on protected medical sites

After the ceremony, the guns: M23 presses into Uvira as Washington accord wobbles

A rebel push toward South Kivu's military hub exposes the gap between diplomatic frameworks and battlefield facts—and risks spilling fighting into Burundi

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 10 Dec 2025

After the ceremony, the guns: M23 presses into Uvira as Washington accord wobbles