Portal:Current events/2017 March 11

Current events of March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian Civil War
  • Twin bombings kill at least 30 people, mostly Iraqi pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the Bab al-Saghir area of Damascus. (Al Jazeera)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • At least 11 paramilitary commandos are killed after their convoy is attacked by suspected Communist Party of India rebels in Chhattisgarh. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Netherlands–Turkey relations
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the Netherlands are "Nazi remnants and fascists", after Dutch authorities withdrew landing permission for a plane carrying Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who was due to speak at a Rotterdam rally in support of a 'Yes' vote in April's constitutional referendum. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• Western Australian state election, 2017
  • An election is held to determine whether the centre-right Liberal Party's Colin Barnett will lose the title of Premier of Western Australia to Labor's Mark McGowan after eight years in power. (ABC News)