Portal:Current events/2017 July 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Moro conflict
  • A new set of kidnappings and a jail break plague Sulu province in the southern region of Mindanao in the Philippines. (The Japan Times)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  • Officials announce that Afghan security forces have retaken Nawa District from the Taliban. (Reuters)
• Syrian Civil War
  • The Syrian army seizes oil wells in south-west Raqqa Governorate from ISIL. (Sky News Australia)
• Sinai insurgency
  • A two stage attack targeting police kills 5 officers and wounds 11 in the city of el-Arish. A later roadside bomb south of the city wounds a further 6 officers. (abc News)

Disasters and accidents

• In Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands, exactly three years after the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) disaster, the National Memorial for the victims is opened in the presence of King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Mark Rutte. (NOS)

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