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Portal:Current events/2020 September 26

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Syrian civil war
  • History of the Syrian Civil War (2020–present)
  • A car bombing kills at least seven people and injures another ten in Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah Governorate. [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1740446/middle-east (Arab News)]
  • Islamic terrorism in Europe, terrorism in France
  • The suspect in the stabbing attack yesterday outside the former headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris is identified as Ali H., an 18-year-old Pakistan-born man. He confessed to his actions and said he acted in vengeance for the magazine's Muhammad caricature republications earlier this year. [https://www.lci.fr/police/il-assume-son-acte-qui-est-ali-h-l-auteur-presume-de-l-attaque-a-paris-pres-des-anciens-locaux-e-charlie-hebdo-2165577.html (LCI)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54307820 (BBC News)]
  • Boko Haram insurgency
  • Eleven people are killed and 13 others injured after Boko Haram militants attack a security convoy taking people displaced by an insurgency back to their homes in Borno State, Nigeria. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/suspected-islamists-kill-at-least-11-in-attack-on-convoy-in-northeast-nigeria-idUSKBN26H0TJ (Reuters)]
  • Security forces kill at least nine insurgents in Lebanon during operations against Islamic State-linked militants that killed four security forces earlier this month and three civilians in August. Three security forces are also injured in this incident. [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1740741/middle-east (Arab News)]
  • Militants open fire on an army checkpoint in Araman, Lebanon, killing two members of the security forces. A militant is also killed in the attack. It is the third of a spate of attacks by Islamic State-linked militants in the country since August. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security/lebanese-security-forces-kill-two-members-of-armed-group-sources-say-idUSKBN26H0VF (Reuters)]
  • Militants kill at least 15 people in Ethiopia's western Benishangul-Gumuz Region. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-violence/armed-militia-kills-at-least-15-people-in-western-ethiopia-idUSKBN26H0CD (Reuters)]

;Health and environment

;Politics

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