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Aleppo offensive (April 2016)

2016 Southern Aleppo campaign
Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
Date 1 April – 18 June 2016
(2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result

Rebel victory

  • The rebels capture Tel Al-Eis, Khan Tuman and seven other villages
Belligerents

Army of Conquest

Jund al-Aqsa
Caucasus Emirate
Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army

Shia militias

 Iran
Syria Syrian Arab Republic
 Russia
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Liwa al-Quds

Saraya al-Areen
Commanders and leaders
Abu Abdollah Jabal
(al-Nusra top commander)
Umar al-Daghestani 
(al-Nusra commander)
Seif al-Ansari 
(al-Nusra commander)
Abu Alaa Ta'oum 
(Ahrar ash-Sham commander)
Abu Aisha 
(Jund al-Aqsa top commander)

Iran Brig. Gen. Javad Dourbin  
(IRGC senior commander)

Iran Brig. Gen. Shafi Shafii  
(IRGC Quds Force senior commander)
Units involved

Fatah Halab

Syrian Armed Forces

Iran Iranian Armed Forces

Russian Armed Forces

Casualties and losses
285 killed 255 killed

Rebel victory

Army of Conquest

Shia militias

 Iran
Syria Syrian Arab Republic
 Russia
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Liwa al-Quds


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