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Aleppo offensive (October 2016)

Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)
Part of the Battle of Aleppo (Syrian Civil War)
Aleppo rebel Oct2016 offensive.svg
Map showing rebel offensive (green arrows, blue dotted captured area) and government counteroffensive (red arrows, blue and red dotted captured areas)

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

     Confrontation or unclear situation
Date 28 October – 12 November 2016
(2 weeks and 1 day)
Location Aleppo, Syria
Result

Decisive Syrian Army and allies victory

  • Rebels captured the Minyan Industrial district, most of the Dahiyat Al-Assad district and half of the Minyan residential district
  • Army recaptures all areas lost during the offensive, as well as during the summer campaign
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic
 Russia
 Iran
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Liwa al-Quds
Hezbollah
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Ba'ath Brigades

Liwa Fatemiyoun
Liwa Zainebiyoun 		Army of Conquest
Fatah Halab
Ansar al-Islam
Jabhat Ansar al-Din
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh
(Head of Aleppo security committee)
Gen. Iyad Mindo
(Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch)
Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan
(Tiger Forces chief commander)
Col. Mohammad Jaber
(Desert Hawks Brigade commander)
Iran Hadi Zahid †
(Quds Force operations leader in Aleppo)
Iran Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hosseini Rafei
(Imam Sajjad Brigade commander, alleged killed)
Akram al-Kaabi
(leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba) 		Abu Mohammad al-Julani
(leader of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham)
Abu Omar al-Turkistani
(JFS and TIP senior commander)
Tawfiq Shahab al-Din
(leader of Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki)
Ammar Bouqai
(leader of Jaysh al-Sunna)
Syrian opposition Saqr Abu Quteiba
(leader of Fastaqim Union)
Syrian opposition Ammar Sakkar
(Fastaqim Union spokesman)
Syrian opposition Abu Amr
(leader of the Levant Front)
Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Russian Armed Forces

Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg IRGC

Hezbollah

  • Lebanese Hezbollah units
  • Syrian Hezbollah units
    • National Ideological Resistance

Army of Conquest

Fatah Halab
Strength
1,000+ regular soldiers
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg 1,200–6,500 Liwa Al-Quds fighters		 2,000–6,500 fighters
22 main battle tanks
15 infantry fighting vehicles
Casualties and losses

165 killed, 200–300+ wounded (per the Inside Source)

152 killed (per the SOHR) 		297 killed, 350–400+ wounded (per the Inside Source)
260 killed (per the SOHR)
96–127 civilians killed

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

Decisive Syrian Army and allies victory

Syrian Arab Republic
 Russia
 Iran
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Liwa al-Quds
Hezbollah
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Ba'ath Brigades


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