2016 Khanasir offensive
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The 2016 Khanasir offensive was a military operation conducted by ISIL and Jund al-Aqsa, during the Syrian Civil War, with the aim of cutting the Syrian government's only supply route to the northern part of the Aleppo Governorate, which runs through the town of Khanasir.
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2016 Khanasir offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
Map of the course of the offensive (also included the concurrent SAA-led Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive) Syrian Army control Syrian Opposition control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)[11] Free Syrian Army[11] | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan[12] Ali Fayyad †[13] (Hezbollah senior commander) |
Umar Al-Absi †[14](Aleppo commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 1,000 ISIL fighters[16] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
87–94 killed[1][19] |
150 killed (per SOHR)[1] 400–450 killed (per pro-gov. sources)[19][20] |
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