Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016)

Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016)
	Part of the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War and the Syrian Civil War
	; Territorial control in northern Aleppo, as of 3 September 2016 Controlled by the Syrian Armed Forces Controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Controlled by the Syrian opposition
Date	10 March – 8 June 2016; (2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Partial FSA victory The rebels capture the town of al-Rai, its border crossing and 20 villages; ISIL recaptures al-Rai, its border crossing and 34 villages; ISIL attack on Azaz and Mare' repelled and rebels capture 11 villages, including Sawran;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army Hawar Kilis Operations Room; Mare' Operations Room; Army of Conquest; CJTF-OIR Turkey; United States;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
İsmet Yılmaz(Defence Minister); Gen. Hulusi Akar; (Chief of General Staff); Hakan Fidan; (MİT head); Firas Paşa; (Muntasir Billah Brigade)	Unknown
Units involved
Northern Division; 13th Division; Mountain Hawks Brigade; al-Moutasem Brigade; Sultan Murad Brigade; Liwa Ahfad Saladin; Sham Legion; Ahrar ash-Sham; Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki; Fastaqim Union; Levant Front; Army of Mujahideen; Victory Brigade; Muntasir Billah Brigade; Conquest Brigade;	Military of ISIL
Strength
	1,500 (in Mare')
Casualties and losses
61 killed (late May ISIL assault)	578 killed (Turkish and rebel claims)

The Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016) was a series of military operations launched by Syrian opposition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and vice versa in the northern Aleppo Governorate, near the Syria–Turkey border, the city of Azaz and the town of Mare'. The offensive is supported by airstrikes against ISIL conducted by the United States-led CJTF-OIR coalition and artillery shelling by the Turkish Armed Forces.

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