Conflict news

Ethiopian forces capture Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, after the withdrawal of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Iraq's Oil Tankers Company says that they have transported 2 million barrels of oil from the country through a very large crude carrier in the Strait of Hormuz.

Five people are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. Three other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes.

The Israel Defense Forces says that they have targeted defacto Hamas leader Ali al-Amoudi in a airstrike, and acknowledge that the results of the strike are under review.

Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more.

Ethiopian federal forces retake control of the Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, Tigray, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reports that Russian forces have struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive on the Houthis in the coming weeks to take back the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale.

Sudan's armed forces announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan town of al-Mazroub.

The death toll in the Rapid Support Forces drone attack on the University of Kordofan in El Obeid rises to 10.

A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for fourth time in two days.

Eighteen people are killed as Boko Haram gunmen open fire on villagers collecting firewood in Marte, Borno State, Nigeria.