Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015)

Part of the Battle of Aleppo and
the Syrian Civil War

Map of the Southern Aleppo offensive to the west, and the Kuweires offensive to the east, from September to late October 2015

Date

14 September – 16 November 2015
(1 month, 3 weeks and 6 days)

Location

Aleppo, Syria

Result

Syrian Army victory

Syrian Army lifts the airbase siege on 10 November
Syrian Army reaches the Aleppo–Raqqa Highway
Syrian Army have captured close to 50 villages during their offensive

Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Iran

IRGC
- Quds Force
- IRGC Ground Forces

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Hezbollah
Ba'ath Brigades

Air strikes:
Russia

Aerospace Forces

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
(Chief strategist)
Maj. Gen. Hossein Hamadani †
(Deputy commander)
Maj. Gen. Munzer Zammam
(Kuweires Airport chief commander)
Gen. Hasham Mohamed Younis
(Kuweires Airport sub-commander)
Col. Suheil al-Hassan
(Tiger Forces commander)
Col. Shadi Isma'el
(Cheetah Forces commander)
Col. Lu’ayy Sleitan
(Cheetah Forces commander)
Akram al Kaabi
(leader of al-Nujaba)