Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)

Part of the Battle of Aleppo
and the Syrian Civil War

Map of the frontline changes in the Aleppo Province from 16 October 2015 – 4 February 2016
Syrian Army control

Opposition control (including al-Nusra Front) Kurdish control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation

Date	16 October – 21 December 2015 (2 months and 5 days)
Location	Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Status	Syrian Army victory
Territorial changes	Government forces capture 408 square kilometres (158 square miles) of territory, including the area's main rebel strongholds of Al-Hader and Khan Tuman, cutting the Aleppo–Damascus highway and leaving them in control of three-quarters of the southern Aleppo countryside Government forces regain control of the strategic Khanasser–Ithriya Highway from ISIL The rebels capture nine villages

Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Iran

IRGC
- Quds Force
- IRGC Ground Forces

Iranian-backed Shi'ite Militias

Ba'ath Brigades
Al-Quds Brigade
Hezbollah

Russian Air strikes:

Aerospace Forces

SRCC

Free Syrian Army
Islamic Front
Alwiya al-Furqan
Army of Mujahedeen
Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki (until late Jan. 2016)

Supported by:
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
United States

Al-Nusra Front
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Katībat al-Tawḥīd wa-l-Jihād (mostly Uzbeks)

Caucasus Emirate

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 23 Oct.)

Commanders and leaders

Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
(Supreme commander)
Maj. Gen. Saleh Abdullah
(Syrian forces commander)
Col. Saeed Sayyah Taheri †(IRGC commander)
Mostafa Sadrzadeh †
(Ammar Brigade leader)
Hussein Ferdai †
(senior commander of Liwa Fatemiyoun)
Muhammad al-Sa’id
(Liwa Al-Quds leader)