Operation Canopus Star

Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War

Situation in Aleppo Governorate on 20 October 2014, after the operation

Syrian Army control Opposition control Kurdish control ISIL

Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation

Date

7 December 2013 – 20 October 2014
(10 months, 1 week and 6 days)

Location

Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Result

Syrian Army victory

Syrian Army captures all of the towns on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo, the Sheikh Najjar industrial zone to the northeast and Handarat to the north
Syrian Army breaks the siege of Aleppo's central prison

Belligerents

Free Syrian Army
Ahrar ash-Sham
Al-Nusra Front

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Arab Republic

Ba'ath Brigades
Liwa Al-Quds

Hezbollah

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

Col. Suheil Al Hassan

Units involved

Free Syrian Army:

Jaysh Mohammad Brigade
Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki

Syrian Army:

Casualties and losses

2,500+ civilians and rebels killed due to barrel bombs (December 2013–May 2014)
203 civilians killed due to rebel hell cannon fire (July–December 2014)

Syrian Army control Opposition control Kurdish control ISIL

Syrian Army victory

Free Syrian Army
Ahrar ash-Sham
Al-Nusra Front

Syrian Arab Republic

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