Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
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- Syrian civil war
- Northeastern Syria clashes
- The Syrian Democratic Forces recapture 2 towns after having lost them in an earlier offensive by factions of Deir ez-Zor Military Council and Arab tribes. (SOHR)
- Eighteen fighters of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army are killed after a failed attempt at breaking through the front lines in Northeastern Syria. (SOHR)
- The Syrian Democratic Forces kill and injure 8 tribal gunmen who were attempting to cross to Syrian government-held territory after encircling them. (SOHR)
- Northeastern Syria clashes
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov amid graft allegations within the Ministry of Defence. The Head of the State Property Fund, Rustem Umerov, is expected to replace Reznikov. (Reuters)
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum (2023)
- Five civilians are killed in air raids by the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum, a continuation of bombings that killed twenty civilians the day prior. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Khartoum (2023)
Disasters and accidents
- Burning Man 2023
- Heavy flooding at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, United States, kills one person and leaves tens of thousands of people stranded in the Black Rock Desert. (AP) Law and crime
- Smoking in France
- French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne says that France will ban disposable vapes in an effort to combat smoking. (The Guardian)
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