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March 29, 2024 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria kills 38 Syrian soldiers, seven Hezbollah fighters and seven Iran-backed militiamen. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021.
The Telegraph reports Russia has captured approximately 195 square miles (510 km2) and is taking around 1,000 casualties per day since the start of the Second Russian winter campaign in October 2023.
Arts and culture
Harvard University removes the binding of human skin from the 19th-century book Des destinées de l'âme by Arsène Houssaye, which has been kept in its library since 1934.
International relations
North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions".
Russia vetoes the continued monitoring of United Nations sanctions on the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
Law and crime
Polish President Andrzej Duda signs a law suspending the country's participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
Pouria Zeraati, an Iranian dissident journalist working for IITV, is injured in a stabbing in London. He is hospitalized in stable condition.
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