Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Ta'ang National Liberation Army of the Three Brotherhood Alliance captures the town of Mantong in northern Shan State. (The Irrawaddy)
• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • High-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousavi is killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. (BBC News)
• New People's Army rebellion
  • Nine New People's Army rebels are killed by the Philippine Armed Forces during clashes near Malaybalay, Bukidnon, amid a unilateral truce declared by the communist rebels. (AFP via SCMP)
• Turkish–Kurdish conflict
  • Twenty-six Kurdish separatist militants and eight civilians are killed by airstrikes launched by Turkey in the autonomous region of Rojava in Syria. (AP)
• War in Sudan
  • Local leaders and government officials in eastern Sudan call on the general population to mobilize and prepare for potential Rapid Support Forces attacks. The Sudanese Armed Forces is reportedly arming civilians amid fears that they will not be able to stop the militia. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• Two people are killed and 29 others are injured in a fire at a residential building in Seoul, South Korea. (Xinhua via The Star)

Law and crime

• Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe grants amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and releases them from jails across the country to mark Christmas. (Al Jazeera)