Operation Canopus Star

Operation Canopus Star
	Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
	; Situation in Aleppo Governorate on 20 October 2014, after the operation Syrian Army control Opposition control Kurdish control ISIL Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation
Date	7 December 2013 – 20 October 2014; (10 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian government victory Syrian Army captures all of the towns on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo, the Sheikh Najjar industrial zone to the northeast and Handarat to the north; Syrian Army breaks the siege of Aleppo's central prison;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Ahrar ash-Sham; Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Col. Suheil Al Hassan
Units involved
Free Syrian Army: Jaysh Mohammad Brigade; Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki;	Syrian Army: Republican Guard; Tiger Forces; Desert Hawks Brigade; Pro-government militias National Defence Forces; Ba'ath Brigades; Liwa Al-Quds; Baqir Brigade (claimed);
Casualties and losses
	2,500+ civilians and rebels killed due to barrel bombs (December 2013–May 2014); 203 civilians killed due to rebel hell cannon fire (July–December 2014)

Operation Canopus Star (Arabic: عملية نجم سهيل) was an operation launched by the Syrian Army, supported by Hezbollah and other allied militias, during the Syrian Civil War, following a successful offensive which re-established the military's supply route between Aleppo and central Syria. The aim of the operation was to encircle Aleppo and cut rebel supply lines into the city, thus besieging rebel-held areas.

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