Portal:Current events/2023 February 6

February 6, 2023 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- Puntland–Somaliland dispute
  - At least 34 people are killed and 40 others are injured during clashes between Somalilander soldiers and anti-government fighters in Laascaanood, Sool, Somaliland. (Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Five Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades members are killed, three others are injured, and eight members are arrested during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the West Bank. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces that the church will begin using the Gregorian calendar on September 1 for all but moveable feasts, following a decision by the Synod of Bishops. (UGCC)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- At least 59,000 people are killed in Turkey and Syria as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Gaziantep Province, Turkey. (BBC News)
- A second earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurs in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, nine hours after the first earthquake. (Bloomberg)
2023 Coulson Aviation crash
- A Boeing 737-300 firefighting tanker crashes in Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia. Both pilots survive. (7 News)
Landslides triggered by heavy rains causes mudslides across villages in the Camaná Province, Peru, killing 36 people. (AP)

Law and crime

Hong Kong national security law
- The trial of 47 pro-democracy activists begins, two years after their arrest. It is the largest trial yet held under the Hong Kong national security law. (DW)

Science and technology