Aleppo offensive (August–September 2016)

Aleppo offensive (August–September 2016)
	Part of the 2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
	; Map of the offensive
Date	11 August – 11 September 2016; (1 month)
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Result	Syrian Army and allies victory Army recaptures the Ramouseh Military Base, parts of the Ramouseh district and several hills and villages, once again besieging rebel-held eastern Aleppo;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defense Force; Liwa al-Quds; Ba'ath Brigades; Hezbollah; Airstrikes:; Russia Aerospace Forces;	Fatah Halab; Jabhat Fatah al-Sham; Ahrar al-Sham

The Aleppo offensive (August–September 2016) was a Syrian Army counter-offensive launched on the southern outskirts of Aleppo in mid-September 2016. The aim of the offensive was to recapture territory lost due to a rebel offensive earlier in August and besiege the rebel-held part of Aleppo once again.

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