Armed conflicts and attacks
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Turkish Air Force jets bomb Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in Iraqi Kurdistan just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed Kurdish militants for the 2016 Ankara bombing. (Haaretz)
February 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
A roadside bomb hits a military convoy, killing six Turkish Army soldiers in the southeast Diyarbakır Province. (ABC News) (Reuters)
Ethnic violence in South Sudan
Fighting occurs between Shilluk and Dinka youths at a United Nations peacekeeping compound in the city of Malakal which lasts around three hours. Médecins Sans Frontières reports at least 18 people are killed, including two MSF South Sudanese staff members, and dozens injured. (Reuters) (Trend News Agency)
Syrian Civil War
The Syrian Army, backed by the Russian Air Force, says it has captured the town of Kinsabba in the northwest Latakia Governorate. (Reuters)
Business and economy
Venezuela, facing an economic crisis, raises the price of gasoline for the first time in 20 years. (BBC)