Battle of Azaz (2012)

Battle of Azaz
	Part of the 2012 Aleppo Governorate clashes (Early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War)
Date	6 March – 23 July 2012; (4 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces;
Commanders and leaders
Ammar al-Dadikhli; (Northern Storm Brigade); Capt. Alaa Mansour Ouso †; (Ibraheem Afesh Battalion)	Unknown
Units involved
Free Syrian Army Northern Storm Brigade; Free North Brigade Martyr Ibraheem Afesh Battalion; ; Amr ibn al-A'as Battalion; Muthanna ibn Haritha Battalion; Local ad hoc militias	Syrian Army 5th Mechanized Division; Syrian Air Force
Casualties and losses
	17 tanks destroyed (rebel claim)

The Battle of Azaz took place between the Syrian Arab Army and the Free Syrian Army for control of the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, during the early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War.