The Battle of Aleppo (Arabic: معركة حلب) is an ongoing military confrontation between the Free Syrian Army, Islamic Front, People's Defence Units and Sunni militants against the Syrian government, Hezbollah and Shiite militants, in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria. The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian Civil War. The battle's scale and importance led combatants to name it the "mother of battles".
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| - The Battle of Aleppo (Arabic: معركة حلب) is an ongoing military confrontation between the Free Syrian Army, Islamic Front, People's Defence Units and Sunni militants against the Syrian government, Hezbollah and Shiite militants, in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria. The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian Civil War. The battle's scale and importance led combatants to name it the "mother of battles".
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| - Battle of Aleppo
- معركة حلب
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| - Syrian Arab Republic
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- Hezbollah
- PYD
- Ansar al-Sharia
- *National Defense Force
- *Shabiha
- *Syrian Armed Forces
- *al-Nusra Front
- ** al-Berri clan
- ***101st Division
- ***13th Division
- ***16th Division
- ***46th Division
- ***Army of Mujahedeen
- ***Authenticity and Development Front
- ***Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade
- ***Falcons of al-Ghab
- ***Fastaqim Kama Umirt
- ***Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki
- ***Islamic Front
- ***Sham Legion
- ***Syrian Turkmen Brigades
- **Levant Front
- *23pxPeople's Protection Units
- *25pxWomen's Protection Units
- *Al-Quds Brigades
- *Ansar al Khilafah
- *Ba'ath Brigades
- *Fatah Halab
- *Jabhat Ansar al-Din
- *Katibat Tawhid wa Jihad (Uzbeks)
- *Mujahideen al Islam Movement
- Badr Organisation
- Haidar al-Karar Brigades
- Iranian IRGC
- Syrian National Coalition/SRCC
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| - 22,980 overall deaths in the whole province (by March 2015)
- 10,800+ overall deaths and 4,500+ missing (by April 2013)
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| - * Several rebel offensives are repelled by Syrian government troops in the autumn of 2012
- * Between late May and early October 2014, the Syrian Army breaks the Aleppo prison siege (after 13 months) and captures the Sheik Said industrial zone and the strategic village of Handarat
- * The FSA captures numerous districts in the southern and northeastern parts of the city in late July 2012; the PYD takes control of two districts in the northern part of the city
- * Between late February and March 2015, government offensive captures two villages north of Aleppo, but fails in its main objective to cut rebel supply lines. Subsequent rebel counterattack on Handarat is repelled.
- * In November 2013, the Syrian Army captured Base 80, north of the city airport, and by late February 2014, Syrian troops had advanced from the east towards the Industrial district
- *In June and July 2015, rebels capture the Rashideen district and the Scientific Research Center
- * In January 2014,ISILis expelled from the city by other rebel groups
- * In mid-October 2012, rebels capture the town ofMaarat al-Numaanin Idlib province, effectively cutting the main Syrian Army supply line from the south to Aleppo, via the M5 highway
- * UNESCO World Heritage SiteAncient City of Aleppolargely destroyed in the fighting
- * The Syrian Army recaptures several districts in August and September 2012
- * In April 2014, theAhl Al-Shamrebel coalition establishes a truce with the PYD
- * In early October 2013, the Syrian Army reopens a supply line from the south to Aleppo, via the town ofKhanaseron the so-called "Desert Road"
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- (rebel claims)
- * 2,000 (Hezbollah commander claim)
- * 2,500al-Nusra FrontandAhrar ash-Shamfighters
- * 4,000 (FSA claim)
- 1,500 Shabiha
- 15,000 fighters
- 20,000 troops mobilized
- 6,000–8,000 fighters
- Hezbollah fighters:
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