Siege of Menagh Air Base
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The siege of Menagh Air Base (also spelled Menegh, Mannagh, or Minakh) was an armed confrontation between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army and aligned Islamist opposition groups during the Syrian civil war[33]
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Siege of Menagh Air Base | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian civil war | |||||||
Map showing the siege | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Free Syrian Army
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Col. Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi[5] |
Brig. Gen. Ali Salim Mahmoud †[16] Col. Naji Abu Shaar †[17] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Northern Storm Brigade[19] Saladin Ayubi Brigade[20][21] Northern Commandos Brigade[22] Al-Sham Swords Brigade[22] Shahba Hawks Brigade[22] Al-Buraq Battalions[22] Kurdish Front Brigade (until May 2013)[23] |
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Strength | |||||||
Several hundred Chechen fighters[10] |
300 (as of January 2013)[6] 47 Mil Mi-8 helicopters (as of August 2012)[24] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 killed[17] |
94–100 killed[30][31] 5+ Mil Mi-8s destroyed or captured[32] | ||||||
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