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 | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (official leader of Fatah Halab) ![]() (Jaysh al-Islam commander) ![]() (8th Brigade commander) ![]() (Army of Mujahideen commander) ![]() (Jabhat Fateh cleric and leader) ![]() ("Inghimassiyeen" commander) ![]() (Jabhat Fateh field commander) ![]() (Jabhat Fateh commander) ![]() (Jabhat Fateh commander) ![]() (Jabhat Fateh commander) ![]() (Ahrar al-Sham top commander) ![]() (Ahrar al-Sham commander) ![]() (5th Brigade commander) ![]() (Ajnad al-Sham top commander) ![]() (Ajnad al-Sham commander) |
![]() (Minister of Defense) ![]() (Head of Aleppo security comitee, replaced) ![]() (Replacement head of Aleppo security comitee) ![]() (Aleppo military academy commander) ![]() (Syrian Army commander) ![]() (Syrian Army commander) ![]() (102nd Imam Hossein Battalion commander) Unknown Liwa Fatemiyoun commander † |
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Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
8,000–10,000+ fighters
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 killed (SOHR claim) |
200 killed (SOHR claim) |
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130 civilians killed |
Major rebel victory; Government counter-offensive