Northern Aleppo offensive (June-July 2016)
| 2016 Aleppo summer campaign |
| Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
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Map of Northern Syria during the offensive, with the area shown within the Aleppo City map marked by the box.
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| Date |
25 June 2016 – 11 September 2016
(2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) |
| Location |
Aleppo, Syria |
| Result |
Major Syrian Army and allies victory
- Army captures Castello road, besieging rebel-held areas of Aleppo
- Army captures the al-Layramoun, Bani Zeid and Ashrafiyah districts, and advances in the al-Khalidiyah district
- Rebel counter-offensive opens a new unsecured corridor via the Ramouseh district, which is later recaptured by the Army, with rebel-held eastern Aleppo once again besieged
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| Belligerents |
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 Syrian Arab Republic
 Iran
 Liwa al-Quds
 Ba'ath Brigades
 Hezbollah
 Liwa Fatemiyoun
 Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
 Syrian Resistance
Supported by:
 Russia (Airstrikes)
 Syrian Democratic Forces (27–30 July; 12–17 August)
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 Fatah Halab
 Army of Conquest
 Ansar al-Islam
Supported by:
 Turkey
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| Commanders and leaders |
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Fahd Jassem al-Freij
(Minister of Defense)
 Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan
(Tiger Forces chief commander)
Maj. Gen. Adib Mohammed
(Head of Aleppo security committee, replaced)
Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh
(Replacement head of Aleppo security committee)
Maj. Gen. Adib Salameh
(Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch)
Brig. Gen. Deeb Bazi †
(Airforce Technical Base commander)
Brig. Gen. Asif Kheir Bek (DOW)
(Artillery School commander)
Gen. Yasir Muhsin Miya †
(Syrian Army commander)
Gen. Muhammad Ali Sharbo †
(Syrian Army commander)
Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Hassan (DOW)
(147th Regiment Chief of Staff)
Maj. Duraid Abu ‘Ammar
(Tiger Forces commander)
Suleiman al-Shwakh
(Desert Commandos commander)
Mudar Makhlouf
(Military Security Shield Forces commander)
Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani
(Quds Force chief commander)
Gen. Dariush Darsti †
(IRGC commander)
Maj. Abolghassem Zahiri (WIA)
(102nd Imam Hossein Battalion commander)
Ahmad Gholami †
(Iranian paramilitary commander)
Haj Sameer Ali Awada †
(Hezbollah top commander, alleged)
Hassan Mousa Abdul Nabi †
(Hezbollah commander)
Ali Muhammad Mustafa Khalil †
(Imam Hujja Regiment commander)
 Zoran Birhat
(YPJ senior commander)
 Sharvan Efrin
(YPG commander)
Unknown YPG commander †
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Maj. Yasser Abd al-Rahim
(official leader of Fatah Halab)
 Ammar Shaaban †
(Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki top commander)
 Col. Mohammad Bakkar †
(Sham Legion top commander)
 Kamal Ahmad †
(8th Brigade commander)
Abdel-Rahman Mansour †
(Islamic Safwah Movement commander)
 Yusuf Zo'ah †
(Army of Mujahideen general commander)
(Army of Mujahideen commander)
 Abu Hajer Al-Homsi †
(nome de guerre: Abu Omar Saraqib, Army of Conquest commander of Idlib province and Jabhat Fatah chief military commander)
Abdullah al-Muhaysini
(Jabhat Fateh cleric and leader)
Abu Al-Muthanna †
("Inghimassiyeen" commander)
 Khaled Abu Anas
(Ahrar al-Sham senior commander)
Mustafa Al-Bayyour †
(Ahrar al-Sham top commander)
Khattab Abou Ahmad †
(Abu Amara Brigades chief commander)
Abu Hamza Al-Shami †
(5th Brigade commander)
Saif Allah †
(Ahrar al-Sham tank commander)
 Ali Hamam †
(Ajnad al-Sham top commander)
Wa’el Diyab (WIA)
(Ajnad al-Sham commander)
Abu Leith al-Tunisi †
(Ansar al-Islam commander)
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| Units involved |
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Syrian Armed Forces
 IRGC
Hezbollah units
- Radwan Forces
- Syrian Hezbollah groups
- Imam Mahdi Brigade
- National Ideological Resistance
- Imam Hujja Regiment
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Fatah Halab
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Ansar al-Islam
Turkey
Zoran Birhat
Sharvan Efrin
Maj. Yasser Abd al-Rahim
Ammar Shaaban †
Col. Mohammad Bakkar †
Kamal Ahmad †
Yusuf Zo'ah †
Abu Hajer Al-Homsi †
Khaled Abu Anas
Ali Hamam †
