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Aleppo offensive (October 2013)

Operation Northern Storm
Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian civil war
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Situation in Aleppo Governorate as of November 2013

     Syrian Army control

     Opposition control
Date 1 October – 1 December 2013
(2 months)
Location Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result Syrian Army victory
Territorial
changes
  • Syrian Army captures Khanasir, Al-Safira, Tell Aran, Tell Hassel, Base 80 and 20 smaller villages and towns and reopens the highway to Aleppo
Belligerents

Syria Free Syrian Army
Al-Nusra Front
Ahrar ash-Sham

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi
(Aleppo province FSA commander) (resigned)
Abdul Qader Saleh 
(Al-Tawhid Brigade commander)
Abou al-Tayyeb 
(Al-Tawhid Brigade intelligence chief)
Brig. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan
Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Ramadan (35th Regiment)
Units involved

Syria Free Syrian Army:

Syrian Army:

Strength
Unknown 7,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
125+ killed 105+ killed
97+ civilians killed

     Syrian Army control

Syria Free Syrian Army
Al-Nusra Front
Ahrar ash-Sham

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Syria Free Syrian Army:


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