Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)

Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)
	Part of the Battle of Aleppo (Syrian Civil War)
	; Map showing rebel offensive (green arrows, blue dotted captured area) and government counteroffensive (red arrows, blue and red dotted captured areas) Syrian Army control Opposition control (including al-Nusra Front) SDF control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control Confrontation or unclear situation
Date	28 October – 12 November 2016; (2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Result	Syrian Army and allies victory Rebels captured the Minyan Industrial district, most of the Dahiyat Al-Assad district and half of the Minyan residential district; Army recaptures all areas lost during the offensive, as well as during the summer campaign;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic; Russia; Iran; Liwa al-Quds; Hezbollah; Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba; Ba'ath Brigades; Liwa Fatemiyoun; Liwa Zainebiyoun	Army of Conquest; Fatah Halab; Ansar al-Islam; Jabhat Ansar al-Din
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh; (Head of Aleppo security committee); Gen. Iyad Mindo; (Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch); Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan; (Tiger Forces chief commander); Col. Mohammad Jaber; (Desert Hawks Brigade commander); Hadi Zahid †; (Quds Force operations leader in Aleppo); Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hosseini Rafei; (Imam Sajjad Brigade commander, alleged killed); Akram al-Kaabi; (leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba)	Abu Mohammad al-Julani; (leader of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham); Abu Omar al-Turkistani; (JFS and TIP senior commander); Tawfiq Shahab al-Din; (leader of Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki); Ammar Bouqai; (leader of Jaysh al-Sunna); Saqr Abu Quteiba; (leader of Fastaqim Union); Ammar Sakkar; (Fastaqim Union spokesman); Abu Amr; (leader of the Levant Front); Abu al-Baraa †; (Levant Front and Leon Sedov Brigade commander)
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 1st Armoured Division; 4th Mechanized Division; Republican Guard; Tiger Forces; Desert Hawks Brigade; ; National Defence Forces; Local Defence Forces Baqir Brigade; ; Military Intelligence Directorate; Air Force Intelligence Directorate; Syrian Arab Air Force; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force; Naval Infantry advisors; Special operations forces advisors; IRGC IRGC Ground Forces Imam Sajjad Takavar Brigade of Kazerun; 25th Karbala Division; ; Quds Force; Basij; Hezbollah Lebanese Hezbollah units; Syrian Hezbollah units National Ideological Resistance; ;	Army of Conquest Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Inghimasi units; Ansar Jihad; ; Ahrar al-Sham; Ajnad al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP); Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki; Jaysh al-Sunna; Ajnad al-Kavkaz; Fatah Halab Sham Legion; Free Syrian Army Fastaqim Union; Levant Front Leon Sedov Brigade; ; Army of Mujahideen; Jaysh al-Nasr; Free Idlib Army 13th Division; Northern Division; ; Central Division; Jaish al-Tahrir; Sultan Murad Division; Authenticity and Development Front; ; Jaysh al-Islam; Al-Tawhid Brigade; 1st Regiment;
Strength
1,000+ regular soldiers; 1,200–6,500 Liwa Al-Quds fighters	2,000–6,500 fighters; 22 main battle tanks; 15 infantry fighting vehicles
Casualties and losses
165 killed, 200–300+ wounded (per the Inside Source); 152 killed (per the SOHR)	297 killed, 350–400+ wounded (per the Inside Source); 260 killed (per the SOHR)
	96–127 civilians killed

The Aleppo offensive of October–November 2016, named the "Battle of the Hero Martyr Abu Omar Saraqib" by the Army of Conquest, refers to a military operation launched on the western outskirts of Aleppo at the end of October 2016 by rebel forces in Syria, against the Syrian government forces and its allies. The aim of the offensive was to establish a new supply line into Aleppo city, after an Army-initiated summer campaign had cut off all rebel access to Aleppo.

The rebels called the operation "the mother of all battles", or "the grand battle of Aleppo", and described it as possibly deciding the outcome of the war.

After making early advances, the rebel offensive soon slowed and stalled. By mid-November, government troops regained control of all areas lost at the start of the rebel offensive, as well as areas lost in the earlier rebel offensive during the summer campaign.

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