Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016)

Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016)
	Part of the 2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
Date	25 June – 30 July 2016; (1 month and 5 days)
Location	Northern Aleppo, Syria
Result	Syrian Army advances; Rebel counter-offensive Army captures Castello road, besieging rebel-held areas of Aleppo; Army captures the al-Layramoun, Bani Zeid and Ashrafiyah districts; Army advances in the al-Khalidiyah district; Five rebel counter-attacks on Castello Road and in Aleppo repelled;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defence Forces; ; Liwa al-Quds; Ba'ath Brigades; Hezbollah; Airstrikes:; Russia Aerospace Forces; Syrian Democratic Forces (since 27 July) YPG; YPJ;	Fatah Halab; Al-Nusra Front; Ahrar al-Sham; Leon Sedov Brigade
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan; (Tiger Forces chief commander); Haj Sameer Ali Awada †; (Hezbollah top commander, alleged); Ali Muhammad Mustafa Khalil †; (Imam Hujja Regiment commander) Unknown YPG commander †	Ammar Shaaban †; (Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement top commander); Abu 'Abdo Saroukh †; (Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander); Col. Mohammad Bakkar †; (Sham Legion top commander); Zuheir Harba †; (Sham Legion field commander); Feisal Balkash †; (Sham Legion commander); Abdel-Rahman Mansour †; (Islamic Safwah Movement commander); Khattab Abou Ahmad †; (Abu Amara Battalion chief commander); Hammoud al-Barm †; (Army of Mujahideen commander); Yassin Najjar †; (Abu Amara Battalion commander)
Units involved
Syrian Army 4th Mechanized Division; Republican Guard; Tiger Forces; Hezbollah units Syrian Hezbollah groups Imam Mahdi Brigade; National Ideological Resistance; Imam Hujja Regiment; ;	Fatah Halab Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement; Sham Legion; Jaysh al-Islam; Abu Amara Battalion; Free Syrian Army Fastaqim Kama Umirt; Army of Victory; Army of Mujahideen; 16th Division; ; Ahrar al-Sham
Casualties and losses
87+ killed (SOHR claim)	88+ killed (SOHR claim); 300+ killed (pro-government claim)

The Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016) refers to a military operation launched on the northern outskirts of Aleppo in late June 2016, by the Syrian Army. The aim of the offensive was to cut the last rebel supply line into Aleppo city.

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