Editing 2017 (section)

=== April ===
* [[April 7]] – In response to a suspected [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack|chemical weapons attack]] on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches [[2017 Shayrat missile strike|59 Tomahawk cruise missiles]] at an air base in [[Syria]]. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage U.S.–Russia ties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|title=Syria war: US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack'|date=April 7, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=April 7, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407013217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39523654|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] – In the [[2017 Nangarhar airstrike]], the U.S. drops the [[GBU-43/B MOAB]], the world's largest non-nuclear weapon, at an [[ISIL]] base in the [[Nangarhar Province]] of eastern Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Helene|last2=Mashal|first2=Mujib|date=2017-04-13|title=U.S. Drops 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/world/asia/moab-mother-of-all-bombs-afghanistan.html|access-date=2022-01-30|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914051825/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/world/asia/moab-mother-of-all-bombs-afghanistan.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] – [[Emma Morano]], an Italian supercentenarian, becomes the last known person born in the 1800s century to die.
* [[April 27]] – The [[2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliament]] occurs.