Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016)
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The Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016) refers to a military operation launched on the southern outskirts of Aleppo at the end of July 2016 by rebel forces in Syria. The aim of the offensive was to establish a new supply line into Aleppo city, after a previous Army offensive had cut off all rebel access to Aleppo.
Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016) | |||||||
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Part of 2016 Aleppo summer campaign, the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
Battle map of Aleppo during August 2016 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Fatah Halab
Ansar al-Islam[9] Turkey[11] |
Iran[12] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Yasser Abd al-Rahim[16] (official leader of Fatah Halab) Ahmad Al-Hayek †[17] (Jaysh al-Islam commander) Kamal Ahmad †[17] (8th Brigade commander) Hammoud Al-Barm †[18] (Army of Mujahideen commander) Abdullah al-Muhaysini[19] (Jabhat Fateh cleric and leader) Abu Al-Muthanna †[17] ("Inghimassiyeen" commander) Mohammad Al-Haj Abboud †[17] (Jabhat Fateh field commander) Abdel Qader Na’asani †[17] (Jabhat Fateh commander) Mohammad Hassan Al-Khatib †[20] (Jabhat Fateh commander) Haytham Al-Darwish †[20] (Jabhat Fateh commander) Abu Mohammad Al-Sari †[21] (Ahrar al-Sham top commander) Hossam Abu Bakr[22] (Ahrar al-Sham commander) Abu Hamza Al-Shami †[17][20] (5th Brigade commander) Ali Hamam †[10] (Ajnad al-Sham top commander) Wa’el Diyab (WIA)[10] (Ajnad al-Sham commander) Mustafa Abu Jumaa †[23][24] (Levant Front and Leon Sedov Brigade commander) |
Fahd Jassem al-Freij[25] (Minister of Defense) Maj. Gen. Adib Mohammed[26] (Head of Aleppo security committee, replaced) Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh[26] (Replacement head of Aleppo security committee) Brig. Gen. Deeb Bazi[27] (Aleppo military academy commander) Gen. Yasir Muhsin Miya †[28] (Syrian Army commander) Gen. Muhammad Ali Sharbo †[28] (Syrian Army commander) Maj. Abolghassem Zahiri (WIA)[12] (102nd Imam Hossein Battalion commander) Unknown Liwa Fatemiyoun commander †[12] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
al-Nusra Front / Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
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National Defense Force
Hezbollah units | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,000–10,000+ fighters[36]
| Unknown number of soldiers, 100+ tanks, 400+ BMPs[26] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 killed (SOHR claim)[5][22] |
200 killed (SOHR claim)[5][22] | ||||||
130 civilians killed[40] |