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".