Portal:Current events/2012 November 11

Current events of November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war: Syrian opposition groups sign a deal in Qatar to form a coalition against president Bashar al-Assad. (Reuters) Clashes take place between Syrian troops and rebels near the borders of Iraq and Turkey. (Khaleej Times) The Israel Defense Forces has fired an anti-tank missile in the direction of a mortar position in Syria after a 120mm mortar shell exploded near an Israeli post in the Golan Heights. Although the missile was reportedly intended as a "warning shot" and directed to miss the mortar position on purpose, the IDF's response marks the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War that Israel has fired at Syrian territory. (Ynetnews) (Arutz Sheva) 2012 Northern Mali conflict: West African nations agree to send a 3,300-strong force to northern Mali to regain area controlled by Islamist insurgent groups. (Daily Nation Kenya) Bangladesh detains five Rohingya Muslims who fled fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma. (Bangkok Post) Disasters and accidents A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 12 people. (The Guardian) Law and crime Mohammad al-Dahabi, the former spy chief of Jordan, is sentenced to 13 years imprisonment after being convicted of corruption. (Al Jazeera) Authorities in Paraguay arrest a Bolivian drug lord and seize nearly 1700kg of cocaine near the border with Brazil. (AP via Google News) Politics and elections A Tibetan teenager dies after self-immolating in Gansu, China, in the seventh such incident this week and 70th since 2009. (Hindustan Times) The Iranian parliament is to investigate the death of prominent blogger Sattar Beheshti in police custody. (Gulf News)