February 18, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- 2023 Damascus airstrike
- Five people are killed and fifteen others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on Kafr Sousa, Damascus Governorate, according to Syrian media. (Yahoo! News)
- 2023 Damascus airstrike
- North Korean missile tests
- 2021–2023 North Korean missile tests
- The South Korean military reports that North Korea has fired a presumed long-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. (AFP via The News)
- 2021–2023 North Korean missile tests
Politics and elections
- Iran International suspends all broadcasting from its London headquarters due to a security threat. (The Telegraph)
- The Carter Center announces that former United States President Jimmy Carter has begun receiving hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. (CNN)