Portal:Current events/2023 March 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Israeli 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 that the delivery of humanitarian aid to Idlib will be rerouted to Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in Latakia Governorate following the strike. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • At least six members of the Palestinian militant group Jenin Brigades are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank. Among those killed is the killer of two Israeli settlers last month. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Gulistan explosion
  • At least 18 people are killed and more than 140 others are injured by an explosion at a commercial seven-story building in Gulistan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AFP via VOA)
• 2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Cyclone Freddy becomes the longest lasting tropical cyclone on record, breaking the record previously held by Hurricane John (1994) which lasted 31 days.(CNN)
• A Piper J-3 Cub and Cherokee Piper 161 collide in midair over Lake Hartridge in Florida, United States, killing four people. (AP via KCBD-TV)

Law and crime

• 2023 Georgian protests
  • Violent protests occur in Georgia in opposition to a new law regarding foreign agents. Police are reported to be using water cannons and tear gas to control the protesters. (ABC News)
• 2023 Matamoros kidnappings
  • Two Americans are found dead, and two alive, after they had been kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, four days earlier. (BBC News)
• 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)
• 2023 transport strike in the Philippines
  • Transport groups in the Philippines decide to end a one-week strike on its second day, following a meeting with Palace officials in relation to the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. (The Philippine Star)

Science and technology

• English architect David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize. (CNN)