Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016)
| 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 | |||||||
Supported by: Turkey
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Maj. Yasser Abd al-Rahim(official leader of Fatah Halab)  Ahmad Al-Hayek †(Jaysh al-Islam commander) Kamal Ahmad †(8th Brigade commander)  Hammoud Al-Barm †(Army of Mujahideen commander)  Abdullah al-Muhaysini(Jabhat Fateh cleric and leader) Abu Al-Muthanna †("Inghimassiyeen" commander) Mohammad Al-Haj Abboud †(Jabhat Fateh field commander) Abdel Qader Na’asani †(Jabhat Fateh commander) Mohammad Hassan Al-Khatib †(Jabhat Fateh commander) Haytham Al-Darwish †(Jabhat Fateh commander)  Abu Mohammad Al-Sari †(Ahrar al-Sham top commander) Hossam Abu Bakr(Ahrar al-Sham commander) Abu Hamza Al-Shami †(5th Brigade commander)  Ali Hamam †(Ajnad al-Sham top commander) Wa’el Diyab (WIA)(Ajnad al-Sham commander) |
 Fahd Jassem al-Freij(Minister of Defense)  Maj. Gen. Adib Mohammed(Head of Aleppo security comitee, replaced) Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh(Replacement head of Aleppo security comitee) Brig. Gen. Deeb Bazi(Aleppo military academy commander) Gen. Yasir Muhsin Miya †(Syrian Army commander) Gen. Muhammad Ali Sharbo †(Syrian Army commander)  Maj. Abolghassem Zahiri (WIA)(102nd Imam Hossein Battalion commander) Unknown Liwa Fatemiyoun commander † |
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| Strength | |||||||
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8,000–10,000+ fighters
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Unknown number of soldiers, 100+ tanks, 400+ BMPs
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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500 killed (SOHR claim) |
200 killed (SOHR claim) |
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| 130 civilians killed | |||||||
Major rebel victory; Government counter-offensive
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