Armed conflicts and attacks

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that thousands of Syrian civilians are still missing following sectarian reprisal massacres committed by Syrian government-affiliated forces that killed at least 1,614 coastal civilians, including many Alawites and Christians. (SOHR)

• https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a2%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%81%d9%82%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%88%d9%85%d8%a6%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d8%ab%d8%ab-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%87%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85/754056/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Six people, including a child, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah almost four months ago. The strikes were carried out in retaliation for rockets from Lebanon being fired into Israel. (CTV News)

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-hamas-war/article/israel-fires-on-lebanon-in-response-to-rockets-fired-at-israeli-targets/

Armed conflicts and attacks

An overnight Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, kills three people and wounds twelve others. Several apartments in residential areas are targeted during the attack. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire-drones-zaporizhzhia-84dab972755f90ad7592a2a13758ed9c

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ethiopian National Defense Forces claimed to have killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopias-army-says-it-killed-more-than-300-fano-militiamen-two-days-fighting-2025-03-22/

Disasters and accidents

Three firefighters and a civilian are killed after multiple wildfires sweep across a large forested area in South Korea. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/wildfires-in-south-korea-turn-deadly-prompt-evacuations/a-72005968

International relations

Foreign ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea meet in Tokyo to discuss cooperation on shared challenges like aging populations and climate change, seeking to improve relations and prepare for a leaders' summit. Japan raises security concerns about North Korea while China criticizes protectionism and the politicization of science. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/japan-china-south-korea-foreign-ministers-313665d1a611abeb42180245d7e167f1