Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)
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The Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) refers to a military operation launched northwest of Aleppo in early February 2016 by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies. The offensive successfully broke the three-year Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa, effectively cutting off the main supply route of the Syrian rebels from Turkey.[6]
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Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
Syrian Army soldiers after breaking the siege of Nubl and Zahra | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Syrian Arab Republic |
Al-Nusra Front
Sham Legion[15] Saudi Arabia Qatar | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani[19][20] Abdo Ibrahim (Afrin Canton defense minister)[25] Sewsen Bîrhat (Aleppo YPJ commander)[26] Wissi Hijazi ("Abu Uday Menagh")[27][28] (Army of Revolutionaries commander) Zakur al-Diri (POW)[29] (former Mountain Hawks Brigade commander, defected to the Army of Revolutionaries) |
Hashim al-Sheikh (overall rebel Aleppo commander)[13][30] Nimr al-Shukri † (Ahrar ash-Sham Aleppo commander)[31] Abu Ahmed al Abdullah † (al-Nusra Front Tell Rifaat commander)[32] Abu Mustapha al-Saleh[33] (Levant Front) Zekeriya Karsli[16][33] (Levant Front) Ismail Nadef (POW)[34] (Conquest Brigade) | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Syrian Hezbollah units
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
SAA & allies: 143 killed[41] (48 Iraqis, 14 IRGC, 3 Hezbollah)[42][43] SDF: 18 killed[44][45][46][47] Total: 161 killed |
Fighting SAA & allies: 309–335 killed[41][48][49][50] Fighting SDF: 88 killed[44][46][47][51][52] Total: 397-423 killed | ||||||||
119–168 civilians killed[41][53][54][55] (one Lebanese journalist)[56] 50,000 civilians displaced[57] |