page_title: 2015
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 / Events / March
context_page_description: 2015 was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
context_section_description: March 5-8 - The ancient city sites of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in Iraq are demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  March 6 - NASA's Dawn probe enters orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet.
  March 12 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant becomes allies with fellow jihadist group Boko Haram, effectively annexing the group.
  March 24 - An Airbus A320-211 operated by Germanwings crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.
  March 25 - A Saudi Arabia-led coalition of Arab countries starts a military intervention in Yemen in order to uphold the Yemeni government in its fight against the Houthis' southern offensive.
caption: Dawn becomes the first spacecraft to orbit around a dwarf planet
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