Portal:Current events/2020 March 3
March 3, 2020 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–present), Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War
- A Syrian Air Force L-39 jet aircraft is shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16 near the Syria–Turkey border. (SOHR), (RT)
- Turkey says it will deploy its domestically produced surface-to-air missile, HISAR to Syria's Idlib next week. (Star)
- Syrian Government sources say a Turkish drone was shot down near Idlib, subsequent footage shared by the source shows drone to be a Bayraktar.(Muraselon)
Business and economy
- Australian news agency Australian Associated Press (AAP) announces it will be closing down at the end of June, after 85 years. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
- South Korea declares “war” on the coronavirus. (NBC)
- Myanmar turns a Silversea Cruises cruise ship away due to fears of coronavirus, a government spokesman says. (Reuters)
International relations
- European migrant crisis
- Turkish interior minister says over 130,000 refugees have crossed into Greece in the past 4 days. (TRT Haber)
Law and crime
- A court in Kazakhstan sets free Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former CEO of a state nuclear firm who had been sentenced to 14-years in prison for corruption in 2010. He has served more than 11 years in prison. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Voters in 14 U.S. states, American Samoa, and Democrats Abroad go to the polls in this year's Super Tuesday. (Vox)