Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)

Northern Aleppo offensive (2016)

Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War

Breaking siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa (7).jpg

Syrian soldiers after breaking the siege of Nubl and Zahra

Date	1–16 February 2016 (2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Major SAA & SDF victory
Territorial changes	The Syrian Army and its allies break the siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa The main rebel supply route from Turkey is cut The Syrian Army and its allies capture Mayer and nine villages, reaching 25 km away from the Syrian–Turkish border The Kurdish-led SDF captures Tell Rifaat, 13 villages, and the Menagh Military Airbase

Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic
Iran
Allied militias:
Kata'ib Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Badr Corps
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Hezbollah
Liwa al-Quds

Syrian Democratic Forces

Airstrikes:
Russia

Al-Nusra Front

Muntasar Billah Brigade

SRCC

Sham Legion
Fastaqim Kama Umirt
Turkey (border shelling of SDF and military support to the rebels)

Supported by:

Commanders and leaders

Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani
(Head of Quds Force)
Brig. Gen. Mohsen Ghajarian †
Lt. Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Gen. Hafez Ahmed Al-Abood †
Col. Nawaf Hamad Al-Khatib †
Haydar Fariz †

Abdo Ibrahim
(Afrin Canton defense minister)
Sewsen Bîrhat (Aleppo YPJ commander)

Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov

Maxim Kolganov †
(PMC 'Wagner' Russian commander)

Hashem al-Sheikh
(overall rebel Aleppo commander)

Nimr al-Shukri †
(Ahrar ash-Sham Aleppo commander)

Abu Ahmed al Abdullah †
(Al-Nusra Front Tell Rifaat commander)

Abu Mustapha al-Saleh (al-Jabha al Shamiya commander)
Zekeriya Karsli (Levant Front Turkmen commander)

Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian Army
- 4th Mechanized Division
  - 154th Brigade
- Republican Guard
National Defence Forces
Syrian Air Force

Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

IRGC
- Quds Force
- IRGC Ground Forces

Syrian Hezbollah units

National Ideological Resistance

Free Syrian Army

Turkish Land Forces

Casualties and losses

SAA & allies:
143 killed(48 Iraqis, 14 IRGC, 3 Hezbollah, 1 Russian)
SDF:
18 killed

Fighting SAA & allies:
309–335 killed
Fighting SDF:
88 killed

119–168 civilians killed
(one Lebanese journalist)
50,000 civilians displaced

Syrian Arab Republic
Iran
Allied militias:
Kata'ib Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Badr Corps
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Hezbollah
Liwa al-Quds

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