Portal:Current events/2017 May 18

May 18, 2017 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War, American-led intervention in Syria
- United States aircraft bomb a convoy belonging to the Syrian pro-government militia within a so-called "deconfliction zone" around Al-Tanf. (CBS News) (Independent)
- During a failed offensive on the Damascus-Aleppo road, ISIS massacres 52 residents of a village east of Salamiyah, Hama Governorate. ( Morning Star Online)^{[permanent dead link]}
- Dozens of displaced civilians from al-Khafse and nearby villages in the countryside of Manbij gather in the village of Arbaa al-Kabir to protest against the Bashar al-Assad government, demanding the removal of pro-Assad forces from their villages and calling for the intervention of the Syrian Democratic Forces after accusing regime forces of looting houses and threatening residents. (Ara News)
In a shooting incident near Huwara in the West Bank, a mob of some 200 Arabs hurl stones and rocks toward an Israeli car and try to lynch the driver. The Israeli driver fires his weapon, killing one Palestinian. (Arutz Sheva)

Arts and culture

Roger Ailes, the former Chairman and founding CEO of Fox News, dies at the age of 77. (The Washington Post via MSN)
Chris Cornell, the lead vocalist for the Seattle rock band Soundgarden, commits suicide by hanging in Detroit, Michigan after a concert at the age of 52. (The New York Times)
The 2017 season of the Pemberton Music Festival, a prominent music festival scheduled to occur July 13–16 in the Canadian city of Pemberton, British Columbia, is cancelled following declaration of bankruptcy by the organizers. (Global News)

Disasters and accidents

2017 Times Square car attack
- A car crashes into pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, killing one person and injuring several others. Police are investigating the incident as an accident. (NBC News) (CNN) (BBC)

International relations

Turkey–United States relations
- The U.S. summons Turkish ambassador Serdar Kılıç after violence between protesters and Turkish security personnel outside the Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C. leaves over a dozen people injured. U.S. Senator John McCain calls on the Trump administration to expel the ambassador. (BBC)

Politics and elections