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The Hellenic Armed Forces ( Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized : Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force . The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense .
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Agusan del Sur province in Mindanao island. ( Philippine Daily Inquirer) September 2016 Afghanistan road crash. At least 35 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bus crashes into a fuel tanker in Afghanistan 's Zabul province. (Ariana News) 2016 Pacific typhoon season.
The September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid was a series of 37 U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes near the Deir ez-Zor Airport in eastern Syria on 17 September 2016, lasting from 3:55 p.m. to 4:56 p.m. Damascus time in which Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers were killed conducting operations against the Islamic State. [2]
Greece: 5.56×45mm NATO: Equipped with night vision binoculars NS467C by THEON Sensors.The first 750 pieces are available in two versions (Standard) and (PARA). The remaining 2,320 are MINIMI Mk. 2 with the same number of night-vision binoculars of third generation NS 685C made by THEON Sensors. 1,274 more on order.
On 20 December 2016, AFRICOM formally announced the end of its military operations to help GNA capture Sirte. In September 2017, the US Africa Command announced that 495 precision airstrikes were carried out in and around Sirte and 800 to 900 ISIL fighters were killed during the operation in Sirte between 1 August and 19 December 2016.
On 10–11 September, the Syrian Army and its allies continued to advance in the 1070 Al-Hamdaniyah Housing Project and the Al-‘Amariyah District. They also continued to target the Hikmah School. On 11 September, airstrikes interrupted Eid al-Adha celebrations in rebel-held areas of Aleppo and Idlib. US and Russian officials negotiated ...
On 7 September 2016, the Taliban attacked Tarinkot. The government forces defending the city, who were low on food and ammunition, managed to halt the offensive. The Taliban did not manage to capture the prison of the city. [2] By the next day, militants had pushed to within hundreds of meters to the police headquarters and the governor's compound.
See also 2016 Aleppo summer campaign (June–September 2016) On 25 June, the Syrian army and allied forces began their long-awaited North-west Aleppo offensive. [10] The ultimate goal of the offensive was to cut the Castello highway, which is the last supply route for rebels inside the city, thus fully encircling remaining opposition forces.