March 1, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War on terror
  • Syrian civil war
    • United States Central Command says that it has carried out a precision airstrike in Syria, targeting and killing Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior military leader in Hurras al-Din. (Al Arabiya)
  • At least one person is killed and approximately nine others are wounded in the Druze-majority city of Jaramana, following armed confrontations between local residents and security forces affiliated with the transitional government. In response, the Suwayda Military Council declares a state of alert, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instruct the Israel Defense Forces to “prepare to defend” the city. (ANHA) (Times of Israel)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • The first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to expire today while talks on the second phase, which aims to end the war, remain inconclusive. (DW)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Kurdistan Workers’ Party insurgency
    • The Kurdistan Workers’ Party announces a ceasefire with Turkey after forty years of conflict. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 37 people are killed and 30 others are injured when two passenger buses collide near Uyuni, Potosí department, Bolivia. (BBC News)