Portal:Current events/2023 September 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
    • Eighteen fighters of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army are killed after attempting to break through the front lines in Northeastern Syria. (SOHR)
    • The Syrian Democratic Forces kill and injure eight tribal gunmen who were attempting to cross to Syrian government-held territory. (SOHR)
    • The Syrian Democratic Forces recapture two towns after having lost them in an earlier offensive by tribal fighters. (SOHR)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Five civilians are killed in airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum, a continuation of bombings that killed twenty civilians yesterday. (The Guardian)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine, Corruption in 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 replaces Reznikov. (Reuters) (CNN)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Five government and security officials are killed and eleven police officers are injured in a bomb attack on a government compound in Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar. (AFP via VOA)

Disasters and accidents

• Burning Man 2023, September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods
  • 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. Organizers close the festival to vehicles after the death was reported. (AP)

International relations

• Nuclear program of Iran
  • Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran has started talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Tehran Times)

Law and crime

• Regulation of electronic cigarettes, Smoking in France
  • Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne says that France will ban disposable electronic cigarettes as part of an effort to combat smoking. (The Guardian)
• Crime in Panama
  • Panamanian professional footballer Gilberto Hernández is shot dead and seven others are wounded by gunmen in Colón, Panama. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal temporarily reinstates President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's Semilla party, which had been suspended pending an investigation into alleged registration irregularities. (AFP via France 24)