April 9, 2023 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes on Syrian territory after several rockets were launched toward the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

(The Guardian)

Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil warIsraeli–Palestinian conflict

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A Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia destroys a residential building and damages dozens of other buildings, killing two civilians and injuring another. Russian attacks are also reported in other settlements, including Orikhiv and Huliaipole.

(Reuters), (Anadolu Agency)

Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of UkraineRussian invasion of Ukraine

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Eight people are killed by a land mine planted by Islamic State in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

(Reuters)

Syrian civil war

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Five people are killed after a convoy is ambushed in Agadez Region, Niger.

(AP)

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Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed, two are missing and five more injured after a gas explosion causes two buildings to collapse in Marseille, France.

(BBC News)

Marseille building collapse

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Six people are killed and another is injured by an avalanche near Mount Blanc, in the French Alps.

(BBC News)

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Politics and elections

Three parties (Reform, E200 and Social Democrats), led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, agree to a new government coalition, five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Estonia.

(AP)

2023 Estonian parliamentary election

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