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Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)
Syrian military operation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aleppo offensive of October–November 2016, named the "Battle of the Hero Martyr Abu Omar Saraqib" by the Army of Conquest,[6] refers to a military operation launched on the western outskirts of Aleppo at the end of October 2016 by rebel forces in Syria, against the Syrian government forces and its allies. The aim of the offensive was to establish a new supply line into Aleppo city, after an Army-initiated summer campaign had cut off all rebel access to Aleppo.
Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016) | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of Aleppo (Syrian Civil War) | |||||||
![]() Map showing rebel offensive (green arrows, blue dotted captured area) and government counteroffensive (red arrows, blue and red dotted captured areas) Syrian Army control
Confrontation or unclear situation | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (Head of Aleppo security committee) ![]() (Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch) ![]() (Tiger Forces chief commander) ![]() (Desert Hawks Brigade commander) ![]() (Quds Force operations leader in Aleppo) ![]() (Imam Sajjad Brigade commander, alleged killed) ![]() (leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba) |
![]() (leader of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) ![]() ![]() (JFS and TIP senior commander) ![]() (leader of Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki) ![]() (leader of Jaysh al-Sunna) ![]() (leader of Fastaqim Union) ![]() (Fastaqim Union spokesman) ![]() (leader of the Levant Front) ![]() ![]() (Levant Front and Leon Sedov Brigade commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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2,000–6,500 fighters[27][1][better source needed] 22 main battle tanks[29] 15 infantry fighting vehicles[29] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
165 killed, 200–300+ wounded (per the Inside Source)[30] |
297 killed, 350–400+ wounded (per the Inside Source)[32] 260 killed (per the SOHR)[31] | ||||||
96–127 civilians killed[3][33] |
The rebels called the operation "the mother of all battles", or "the grand battle of Aleppo", and described it as possibly deciding the outcome of the war.[34][35][36]
After making early advances, the rebel offensive soon slowed and stalled.[37] By mid-November, government troops regained control of all areas lost at the start of the rebel offensive, as well as areas lost in the earlier rebel offensive during the summer campaign.[3]