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December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) ... Historical Events on December 16 This page was last edited on 19 January 2025, at 10:05 ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Fall of the Assad regime. Syrian mass graves. A recently created mass grave containing the bodies of 17 executed Syrian Army soldiers is discovered in the Syrian Desert near Deir ez-Zor.
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Armed conflicts and attacks. Russo-Ukrainian War. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian forces launch a barrage of at least 76 missiles across Ukraine, damaging at least nine power stations and killing at least three civilians, with many more civilians being injured.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Israel's role in the Syrian civil war. Israeli warplanes launch overnight airstrikes in southern Syria, with missiles originating from the Golan Heights, killing a soldier and causing some material damage, according to a Syrian military official.
December 16: Mawlid begins at sunset (Shia Islam, 2016); National Day in Bahrain; Victory Day in Bangladesh and India ; Day of Reconciliation in South Africa New World Symphony, 1st movement 1761 – Seven Years' War : Russian forces captured Kolberg , Prussia's last port on the Baltic coast , after a four-month siege .
Politics and elections 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. (Reuters) Georgian presidential election, 2018 Salome Zurabishvili takes office as President of Georgia. Zurabishvili is the first woman in office and the last president to be elected by popular vote. (Deutsche Welle) Sports 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup In field hockey ...
Politics and elections Politics of Australia The Coalition keep a one-seat majority in the Australian House of Representatives after the Liberals win the Bennelong by-election. (The Guardian) Politics of South Africa Thousands of delegates of the African National Congress gather in Johannesburg to elect a party leader, who may replace President Jacob Zuma before his term expires in 2019. (AP ...