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Kuweires offensive (September 2015–present)

Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015)
Part of the Battle of Aleppo and
the Syrian Civil War
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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

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Hezbollah
Ba'ath Brigades


Air strikes:
 Russia

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders

Iran Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
(Chief strategist)
Iran 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)


Russia Viktor Bondarev
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Umar Al-Absi 
(ISIL chief commander of Aleppo)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Mu’awiya Al-Halabi 
(ISIL senior commander)
Units involved

Syrian Army:

Syrian Air Force
Aerospace Forces

Military of ISIL
Strength
314 (Kuweires Airport, out of original 1,000–1,100)
~4,500 (reinforcements)
Unknown
Casualties and losses
78 killed, 200+ wounded 80+ killed

Syrian Army victory

Syrian Arab Republic

 Iran

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Hezbollah
Ba'ath Brigades

Air strikes:
 Russia


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