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Portal:Current events/2023 March 23

March 23, 2023 (2023-03-23) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Syrian civil war
    • 2023 Syria clashes
      • A United States contractor is killed and five others are injured when a drone hits a U.S. base near Al-Hasakah in northern Syria. The United States responds with airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets, killing eleven people. (Al Jazeera)
  • Armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro

Disasters and accidents

Health and environment

  • Equatorial Guinea confirms eight new cases of the Marburg virus, bringing the total cases to nine in the country. (AP)

Law and crime

Science and technology

  • The world's first rocket made by extensive 3D printing, Terran 1, makes its first launch but fails to reach orbit. (NYT)

Sports

  • World Athletics bans trans women who have gone through male puberty from competing in female events. (BBC Sport)
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