Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa
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The siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa during the Syrian civil war was laid by rebels to capture two Syrian government-held towns north of Aleppo, after they had seized most of the northern countryside in July 2012. The siege was lifted on 3 February 2016, as a result of a Syrian government offensive.[15]
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Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
Syrian Army soldiers after breaking the siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa, 3 February 2016. A flag of the local "Soldiers of the Mahdi" (Imam Hujja Regiment) forces is in the foreground. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Free Syrian Army[2][3] Islamic Front[3] al-Nusra Front[3] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[4] |
Iran Russia (from late 2015) Allied militias: Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba[5] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abu Qudama al-Urduni †[6] | Mohsen Ghajarian † | ||||||
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Free Syrian Army |
Syrian Armed Forces
Lebanese and Syrian Hezbollah
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown |
3,000 NDF fighters[14] 125 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters[14] |
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