Portal:Current events/2017 September 9

• Syrian Civil War
  • Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17)
    • The Syrian Army breaks the nine month long siege of the Deir ez-Zor Airport by ISIL militants. (Reuters)
  • Deir ez-Zor offensive (September 2017–present)
    • SDF announces an offensive against ISIL militants in northern Deir ez-Zor Governorate. (Reuters)
• 2016–17 Northern Rakhine State clashes
  • The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire to allow humanitarian groups to facilitate aid for Rohingya refugees. (BBC)

• Egyptology
  • Egypt announces the discovery of a tomb in Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago in the 18th Dynasty. (AP)
• Roman Britain
  • Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery. (The Guardian)
• 2017 Venice Film Festival
  • Film director Guillermo del Toro wins for The Shape of Water. (Vulture)

• 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Irma
    • Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people, (CNN) (The New York Times)
  • Hurricane Katia
    • Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths. (UPI)
• 2017 Chiapas earthquake
  • The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Chiapas region of Mexico rises to 90. (CNN)

• 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis
  • Saudi Arabia suspends any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of “distorting facts” in its reporting of yesterday's phone call between the leaders of both countries which suggested a breakthrough in the Gulf dispute was possible. (Reuters) (RT via Newsline)

• Politics of Uruguay
  • Vice President Raúl Sendic of Uruguay resigns amid a graft investigation. (Bloomberg)

• 2017 US Open (tennis)
  • In tennis, Sloane Stephens of the United States wins the women's singles final defeating fellow American Madison Keys 6–3, 6–0. (Reuters via Yahoo!)
• West Indian cricket team in England in 2017
  • In cricket, England defeat the West Indies by nine wickets to win the three-match series. England bowler Jimmy Anderson takes 7–42 and becomes only the third fast bowler in history to take 500 Test wickets. (BBC)