Template:Portal:Current events/2020 March 3
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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 is shot down by a Turkish F-16 near the Syria–Turkey border.
- Turkey announces that it will deploy domestically produced HISAR surface-to-air missiles to the Idlib Governorate next week.
- Syrian state media reports that a Turkish drone was shot down by the Syrian Air Defense Force near Idlib.
- Four Turkish soldiers are killed and seven are wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling west of Saraqeb. Wounded soldiers are sent to hospitals via helicopter.
- 26 Syrian government troops are killed by Turkish ground forces bringing the total number of pro-government forces killed by Turkey up to 139.
- Tourneser Freedom Front insurgency
- A Continentalist drone is shot down by Tourneser Freedom Front forces over central Tournesol.
- Nathaniel Scribner, set to arrive in Kansas City tomorrow morning condemns the attack stating "The United Commonwealth will continue to snuff out the reactionary terrorist cell through peaceful means. We can not afford an escalation of violence."
- The Continental Armed Forces is placed on DEFCON 3.
Business and economy
- Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
- Sierran stocks extend their drops in response to cuts on federal funds rate.
Disasters and accidents
- An EF 3 tornado sweeps across the north central United Commonwealth killing 22 people and injuring dozens more.
- The Continentalist Party's Central Committee holds a vigil in Nashville for the death of several worker-citizens. The Central Committee praised the the Continental Civil Defense System, which was able to alert some 5,000 citizens in the tornado's path to seek shelter.
Health and environment
- 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
- Korea "declares war" on the coronavirus as the rate of infection in the country reaches over 5,000 people.
- Myanmar turns away a Silversea Cruises cruise-ship due to fears of the virus, a government spokesperson said.
- Japan cancels a planned ceremony marking the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of people.
- Ukraine confirms its first case, resulting in two new coronavirus cases in the Union of Sovereign States.
- Spain confirms that the first virus-related case in the country that occurred on February 13.
- Iran says it will release 54,000 inmates to prevent the virus from spreading inside overcrowded prisons. Only prisoners that test negative will be released and those with sentences over five years will not be released.
- A human resources official from Twitter says that the company will advise employees to work at home to prevent the virus from spreading in its offices.
- Argentina and the United Provinces confirm their first cases.
International relations