Portal:Current events/2023 February 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • 2023 Damascus airstrike
    • Five people are killed and fifteen others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on Kafr Sousa, Damascus Governorate, according to Syrian media. (Yahoo! News)
• North Korean missile tests
  • 2021–2023 North Korean missile tests
    • The South Korean military reports that North Korea has fired a presumed long-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. (AFP via The News)

Politics and elections

• Iran International suspends all broadcasting from its London headquarters due to a security threat. (The Telegraph)
• The Carter Center announces that former United States President Jimmy Carter has begun receiving hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. (CNN)