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2016 Aleppo summer campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
![]() Map of Northern Syria during the offensive, with the area shown within the Aleppo City map marked by the box. Syrian Army control
Syrian Opposition control
SDF control
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (YPJ senior commander) ![]() (YPG commander) ![]() |
![]() (official leader of Fatah Halab) ![]() (Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki top commander) ![]() (Sham Legion top commander) ![]() (8th Brigade commander) Abdel-Rahman Mansour †[51] (Islamic Safwah Movement commander) ![]() (Army of Mujahideen general commander) (Army of Mujahideen commander) ![]() ![]() (nom de guerre: Abu Omar Saraqib,[53] Army of Conquest commander of Idlib province and Jabhat Fatah chief military commander)[54] ![]() (Jabhat Fateh cleric and leader) ![]() ("Inghimassiyeen" commander) ![]() (Ahrar al-Sham senior commander) ![]() (Ahrar al-Sham top commander) ![]() (Abu Amara Brigades chief commander) ![]() (5th Brigade commander) ![]() (Ahrar al-Sham tank commander) ![]() (Ajnad al-Sham top commander) ![]() (Ajnad al-Sham commander) ![]() (Ansar al-Islam commander) ![]() (Levant Front and Leon Sedov Brigade commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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8,000–10,000+ fighters[77] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
688 killed (per The Inside Source; since 31 July)[78][79] 625 killed (per SOHR; 31 July – 10 Sep.)[80] |
1,051 killed (per The Inside Source; since 31 July)[78][79][81] 948 killed (per SOHR; 31 July – 10 Sep.)[80] | ||||||
718 civilians killed (31 July – 10 Sep.)[80] |
The 2016 Aleppo summer campaign[82] started with a military operation launched on the northern outskirts of Aleppo in late June 2016, by the Syrian Arab Army. The aim of the offensive was to cut the last rebel supply line into Aleppo city.[83][84][better source needed]
By late July, the military had managed to sever the last rebel supply line coming from the north and completely surround Aleppo. However, within days, the rebels launched a large-scale counter-attack south of Aleppo in an attempt to both open a new supply line into rebel-held parts of the city and cut-off the government-held side. The whole campaign, including both the Army's offensive and subsequent rebel counter-offensive, was seen by both sides as possibly deciding the fate of the entire war.[59][85][86][87][88][89]
The battle was also notable for the large loss of top rebel field commanders, with about three dozen being killed.[15][50][51][75][58][59][90][91][92]
By early September, Syrian government troops had cemented their siege of the rebel part of the city.[28]
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