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Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016)
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The Aleppo offensive of September–October 2016 was the military operation launched in Aleppo in late September 2016 by the Syrian Army and its allies aiming to capture all of the remaining rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo. Rebel forces controlling East Aleppo at that time were primarily fighters of Fatah Halab[37][38] (which includes FSA units),[39] although a significant number of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sham fighters were also present.[40]
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Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016) | |||||||||
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Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
![]() Map of frontline changes from 22 September to 15 October 2016. Front line before the offensive | |||||||||
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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, replaced) ![]() (Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch, replacement) ![]() (Quds Force chief commander) ![]() (Saberin Unit commander) (Radwan Forces deputy commander) (Hezbollah senior commander, alleged) ![]() (leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba) Mohammad-Bagher Soleimani †[6] (Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq commander) |
![]() (Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki commander) ![]() (Fastaqim Kama Umirt official) ![]() (Levant Front top commander) ![]() (Levant Front top commander) | ||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
10,000+ pro-government fighters[27] ![]() | c. 8,000 fighters[31][32] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
98–141+ killed[33] | 56–96+ killed[34] | ||||||||
573 civilians killed (per the SOHR; since 19 Sep.)[35] 497 civilians killed (per the UN)[36] |
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