23 | al-Nusra fighters shoot down Russian war plane in Syria, February 3, 2018 news

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/middleeast/russian-plane-shot-down-syria/index.html

This news comes February 3, 2018, the 34th day of the year.

The date can be written 2/3, like 23.  Symbol = 23

The date also has numerology of 23.  2/3/18 = 2+3+18 = 23

al-Nusra is credited with taking the plane down...