2016 Southern Aleppo campaign

2016 Southern Aleppo campaign
Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
Date1 April – 18 June 2016
(2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result

Rebel victory

  • The rebels capture Tel Al-Eis, Khan Tuman and seven other villages[10]
Belligerents

Army of Conquest[1]

Jund al-Aqsa[1]
Caucasus Emirate[4]
Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army

Shia militias

 Iran
Syria Syrian Arab Republic
 Russia
Liwa al-Quds[8]

Saraya al-Areen[9]
Commanders and leaders
Abu Abdollah Jabal †[11]
(al-Nusra top commander)
Umar al-Daghestani †[12]
(al-Nusra commander)
Seif al-Ansari †[13]
(al-Nusra commander)
Abu Alaa Ta'oum †[14]
(Ahrar ash-Sham commander)
Abu Aisha †[14]
(Jund al-Aqsa top commander)

Iran Brig. Gen. Javad Dourbin  †
(IRGC senior commander)[15]

Iran Brig. Gen. Shafi Shafii  †
(IRGC Quds Force senior commander)[15]
Units involved

Fatah Halab[16]

Syrian Armed Forces

Iran Iranian Armed Forces

Russian Armed Forces

Casualties and losses
285 killed[21][22][23][24][25]
1 tank destroyed
2 IFVs destroyed		 255 killed[21][22][23][24][25]
1 tank captured

The 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign was a series of military operations that started on 1 April when the Islamist rebel coalition Army of Conquest, led by the al-Nusra Front, launched a surprise[26] offensive south of Aleppo. The main objective of the operation was to recapture territory they had lost during the large-scale government offensive in late 2015.[27][28]

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  6. ^ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (23 July 2016). "Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi: A Syrian Hezbollah Formation". Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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  9. ^ Aymenn Al-Tamimi (10 December 2016). "Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia". Syria Comment. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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  15. ^ a b c d "IRGC, allies sustained significant losses in battle for Khan Touman". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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  17. ^ "Oppositions agree on 'big Aleppo operation'". Yeni Safak. 3 April 2016.
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  21. ^ a b "Fierce fighting near Aleppo as Syria cease-fire starts to unravel". CBS News. 2 April 2016.
  22. ^ a b "Over 100 killed in upsurge in Syria's Aleppo: activists". The Daily Star Newspaper – Lebanon. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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  24. ^ a b "201 قضوا أمس بينهم 55 من عناصر قوات النظام والمسلحين الموالين لها، و72 استشهدوا وقضوا في قصف جوي وقصف للتحالف الدولي وسقوط قذائف وقصف لقوات النظام وظروف ثانية". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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  26. ^ Tomson, Chris (9 May 2016). "Khan Touman recapture becomes inevitable due to Syrian Army high ground". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  27. ^ "Fierce fighting kills 35 around Syria's Aleppo: monitor". Agence France-Presse. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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