Portal:Current events/2025 March 9
March 9, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- One war monitor says that over 1,300 Syrians are killed within 72 hours amid ongoing clashes between the transitional government and pro-Assad forces, including at least 973 Alawites, Christians, and civilians of other religious minorities killed in reprisal massacres by fighters associated with the Syrian Transitional Government. (NPR) (BBC News)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Western Syria clashes
- Gaza war
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- The Israeli military cuts off the electric power distribution supply for the Gaza Strip, affecting over 2 million Palestinians and causing a desalination plant that supplies drinking water to reduce its water output. (AP)
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine, France–Ukraine relations, France–Russia relations
- French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu says that France will use €195 million in interest from Russian assets to fund a military aid package to Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine, France–Ukraine relations, France–Russia relations
- War against the Islamic State
- Kivu conflict, 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Nine people are killed by Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Kivu conflict, 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
Business and economy
- More than 40,000 passengers at Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, are affected and flights are cancelled after a worker protest organized by the trade union ver.di. (CTV News)
Disasters and accidents
- A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft carrying five people crashes in a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, United States, shortly after taking off from Lancaster Airport. (CNN) (LNP)
- The death toll from floods in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, increases to 16. (La Nación)
Law and crime
- Reactions to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and revoke his green card and student visa. (BBC News)
- The United States Secret Service shoots and arrests an armed man outside the White House in Washington, D.C. following a confrontation with law enforcement. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
- Mark Carney wins a landslide victory in the Liberal Party leadership election, with 86.85% of the vote, becoming prime minister–designate of Canada, replacing Justin Trudeau. (CBC News)
- 2025 Romanian presidential election
- Nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu, the first-round winner in the 2024 election, is barred from running in the 2025 election by the Central Electoral Bureau. (G4 Media)
- In Bucharest, Romania, protests erupt in front of the Electoral Bureau with clashes with the police. (AP)
Sports
- In American football, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett becomes the highest paid non-quarterback in the National Football League after agreeing to a deal with the Browns that totals his salary at $40 million per year. (ESPN)
- In international cricket, India wins the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy by defeating New Zealand in the final. (AP)