Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016)

Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016)
	Part of 2016 Aleppo summer campaign, the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
	; Battle map of Aleppo during August 2016
Date	31 July – 6 August 2016; (6 days)
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Result	Major rebel victory; Government counter-offensive Rebels capture the Artillery Academy and Ramouseh district; Rebels open a new unsecured corridor via the Ramouseh district; Army uses the Castello Road as an alternative route to supply its troops in west Aleppo city;
Belligerents
Fatah Halab; Army of Conquest Jabhat Fateh al-Sham; Ahrar al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Jaysh al-Sunna; Ajnad al-Sham; Ansar al-Islam; ; Malhama Tactical; Supported by:; Turkey	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Iran; Allied militias:; Liwa al-Quds; Ba'ath Brigades; Hezbollah; Liwa Fatemiyoun; Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba; Syrian Resistance; Airstrikes:; Russia Aerospace Forces;
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Yasser Abd al-Rahim; (official leader of Fatah Halab); Ahmad Al-Hayek †; (Jaysh al-Islam commander); Kamal Ahmad †; (8th Brigade commander); Hammoud Al-Barm †; (Army of Mujahideen commander); Abdullah al-Muhaysini; (Jabhat Fateh cleric and leader); Abu Al-Muthanna †; ("Inghimassiyeen" commander); Mohammad Al-Haj Abboud †; (Jabhat Fateh field commander); Abdel Qader Na’asani †; (Jabhat Fateh commander); Mohammad Hassan Al-Khatib †; (Jabhat Fateh commander); Haytham Al-Darwish †; (Jabhat Fateh commander); Abu Mohammad Al-Sari †; (Ahrar al-Sham top commander); Hossam Abu Bakr; (Ahrar al-Sham commander); Abu Hamza Al-Shami †; (5th Brigade commander); Ali Hamam †; (Ajnad al-Sham top commander); Wa’el Diyab (WIA); (Ajnad al-Sham commander) Mustafa Abu Jumaa †; (Levant Front and Leon Sedov Brigade commander)	Fahd Jassem al-Freij; (Minister of Defense); Maj. Gen. Adib Mohammed; (Head of Aleppo security committee, replaced); Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh; (Replacement head of Aleppo security committee); Brig. Gen. Deeb Bazi; (Aleppo military academy commander); Gen. Yasir Muhsin Miya †; (Syrian Army commander); Gen. Muhammad Ali Sharbo †; (Syrian Army commander); Maj. Abolghassem Zahiri (WIA); (102nd Imam Hossein Battalion commander); Unknown Liwa Fatemiyoun commander †
Units involved
Fatah Halab Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki; Sham Legion; Jaysh al-Islam; Levant Front Leon Sedov Brigade; ; 8th Brigade; Free Syrian Army Fastaqim Kama Umirt; Army of Mujahideen; 16th Division; Mountain Hawks Brigade; 13th Division; Northern Division; 101st Infantry Division; 1st Regiment; Central Division; Authenticity and Development Front Thuwar al-Sham Battalion; ; ; Ahrar al-Sham Abu Amara Brigades; 5th Brigade; al-Nusra Front / Jabhat Fateh al-Sham "Inghimassiyeen" elite shock troops; Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad; Jabhat Ansar al-Din;	Syrian Army 4th Mechanized Division; Republican Guard; National Defense Force; Syrian Arab Air Force; Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Isfahan Corps 102nd Imam Hossein Battalion; ; Alborz Corps; Basij; ; Iranian Army; Hezbollah units Imam Mahdi Brigade; Radwan Forces;
Strength
8,000–10,000+ fighters 2,500+ Jabhat Fateh fighters;	Unknown number of soldiers, 100+ tanks, 400+ BMPs
Casualties and losses
500 killed (SOHR claim); 469 killed (The Inside Source); 800+ killed (pro-government claim)	200 killed (SOHR claim); 224 killed (The Inside Source)
	130 civilians killed

The Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016) refers to a military operation launched on the southern outskirts of Aleppo at the end of July 2016 by rebel forces in Syria. The aim of the offensive was to establish a new supply line into Aleppo city, after a previous Army offensive had cut off all rebel access to Aleppo.

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