Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016)

Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016)

Part of the 2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War

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Battle map of Aleppo during July 2016

Date

25 June – 30 July 2016
(1 month and 5 days)

Location

Northern Aleppo, Syria

Result

Major Syrian Army advances; Rebel counter-offensive

Army captures Castello road, besieging rebel-held areas of Aleppo
Army captures the al-Layramoun, Bani Zeid and Ashrafiyah districts
Army advances in the al-Khalidiyah district
Five rebel counter-attacks on Castello Road and in Aleppo repelled

Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Liwa al-Quds
Ba'ath Brigades
Hezbollah
Airstrikes:
Russia

Aerospace Forces

Syrian Democratic Forces (since 27 July)

YPG
YPJ

Fatah Halab

Al-Nusra Front

Commanders and leaders

Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan
(Tiger Forces chief commander)
Haj Sameer Ali Awada †
(Hezbollah top commander, alleged)
Ali Muhammad Mustafa Khalil †
(Imam Hujja Regiment commander)

Unknown YPG commander †

Ammar Shaaban †
(Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki top commander)
Abu ‘Abdo Saroukh †
(Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki commander)

Col. Mohammad Bakkar †
(Sham Legion top commander)

Zuheir Harba †
(Sham Legion field commander)

Feisal Balkash †
(Sham Legion commander)
Abdel-Rahman Mansour †
(Islamic Safwah Movement commander)

Khattab Abou Ahmad †
(Abu Omara battalion chief commander)

Hammoud Al-Barm †
(Army of Mujahideen commander)

Yassin Najjar †
(Abu Amara Brigades commander)

Units involved

Hezbollah units

Syrian Hezbollah groups
- Imam Mahdi Brigade
- National Ideological Resistance
- Imam Hujja Regiment

Abu Amara Brigades

Casualties and losses

87+ killed (SOHR claim)

88+ killed (SOHR claim)

300+ killed (pro-government claim)

Major Syrian Army advances; Rebel counter-offensive

Syrian Arab Republic

Liwa al-Quds
Ba'ath Brigades
Hezbollah
Airstrikes:
Russia

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