Current events: 2023-03-07

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Execution of Tymofii Shadura, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine releases the name of a prisoner of war who was summarily executed in a graphic video. (BBC)
• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Israeli Air Force warplanes strike Syria's Aleppo International Airport with air-to-surface missiles, damaging the runway and putting the airport out of service. The Syrian transport ministry says the delivery of humanitarian aid to Idlib will be rerouted to Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in Latakia Governorate after the "Israeli aggression". (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • At least six members of the Jenin Brigades are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank. Among those killed is the alleged killer of two Israeli settlers days ago. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 14 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured by a fire at a commercial seven-story building in Gulistan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AFP via VOA)

Law and crime

• 2023 Georgian protests
  • Protests erupt in Georgia in opposition of a new law on foreign agents. Police are reported as using water cannons and tear gas on protesters. (ABC)
• Argentine president Alberto Fernández announces the deployment of hundreds of federal security forces to the city of Rosario after an increase in violence between rival drug gangs. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Micronesian parliamentary election
  • Citizens in the Federated States of Micronesia head to the polls to elect the 14 members of the Congress. (RNZ)

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