2016 Southern Aleppo campaign
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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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2016 Southern Aleppo campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Jund al-Aqsa[2] Caucasus Emirate[5] Free Syrian Army |
Shia militias
Iran | ||||||
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) |
Brig. Gen. Javad Dourbin † (IRGC Quds Force senior commander)[15] | ||||||
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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 |
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