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August 23, 2019 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War, 2019 Northwestern Syria offensive
- The Syrian Army captures the entire northern Hama-southern Idlib rebel pocket, asserting control over the strategic towns of Kafr Zita, Al-Lataminah and Murak, as well as numerous villages and an archaeological site, following the withdrawal of rebel forces. (Reuters) (Al Masdar)
- The Turkish observation post near Murak is encircled by government forces. (Asharq Al-Awsat) (Ansamed)
Al-Qaeda accuses "treacherous Pakistani forces" of detaining for more than a year the wife and two other relatives of the group's leader Ayman al Zawahiri. (Al Arabiya)
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- U.S. officials confirm that an airstrike on a Iranian weapons depot in Amirli, Iraq on July 19 that killed two Iranian military commanders was conducted by Israel. The strike is the first known Israeli attack on Iraq since Operation Opera in 1981. (Voice of America)

International relations

China–United States trade war
- China retaliates on the United States' latest tariff decisions. (CNBC)
- President of the United States Donald Trump has "hereby ordered" on Twitter that U.S. companies find alternatives for manufacturing in China. (Barron's)

Politics and elections

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 *[[China–United States trade war]]
 **China retaliates on the United States' latest tariff decisions. [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/08/23/china-to-retaliate-with-new-tariffs-on-another-75-billion-worth-of-us-goods.html (CNBC)]
+**[[President of the United States]] [[Donald Trump]] has "hereby ordered" on Twitter that U.S. companies find alternatives for manufacturing in China. [https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/tech-stocks-plunge-on-trump-order-to-pull-back-from-china-51566582247 (''Barron's'')]
 ;Politics and elections