Portal:Current events/2015 September 9
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Islamic Front rebels seize Abu al-Duhur military airport while taking control of Syria's northwestern Idlib province. (BBC), (Reuters via Sydney Morning Herald), (Al Jazeera English Online)
- Russian forces reportedly begin combat operations in Syria in support of the Bashar al-Assad government. (Reuters)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Houthis. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch (63 years and seven months), surpassing the record set by Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother. (BBC), (The Huffington Post UK), (Al Jazeera English Online)
Business and economy
- A German court issues an injunction ordering a halt to a Lufthansa airline pilots' strike. Earlier, Germany's biggest airline announced it had canceled 1,000 flights while about 500 would still operate. (CNBC)[permanent dead link], (AP via US News & World Report)
International relations
- Refugees of the Syrian Civil War
- Syrian migrants, mostly from persecuted minorities. (ABC News), (Al Jazeera English Online)
- Egypt–Israel relations
- Israel reopens its embassy in Cairo, Egypt, after closing it in 2011 after violent protests. (AP via ABC News), (Al Jazeera English Online), (CNN International)
Law and crime