Aleppo offensive (September 2016)
| Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
Front line before the offensive
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 Ahrar al-Sham
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh(Head of Aleppo security committee) Maj. Gen. Adib Salameh(Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch, replaced) Gen. Iyad Mindo(Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch, replacement)  Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani(Quds Force chief commander) Col. Mohammad-Reza Zarealvani †(Saberin Unit commander)  Hatem Hamadeh †(Radwan Forces deputy commander) Mahmoud Ahmed Muzannar †(Hezbollah senior commander, alleged)  Akram al-Kaabi(leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba) Mohammad-Bagher Soleimani † (Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq commander) |
 Omar al-Sheikh †(Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki commander)  Zakaria Malhifji(Fastaqim Kama Umirt official) 1st Lt. Adham Al-Awad †(Levant Front top commander) Mohammad Idlibi †(Levant Front top commander) |
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10,000+ pro-government fighters
 120+ Naval Infantry advisors |
2,500–8,000 fighters
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 98–141+ killed | 56–96+ killed | ||||||||
| 573 civilians killed (per the SOHR; since 19 Sep.) 497 civilians killed (per the UN) |
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Liwa al-Quds Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Ba'ath Brigades
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