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2016 Khanasir offensive

2016 Khanasir offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War and the
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February-April 2016).svg
Map of the course of the offensive (also included the concurrent SAA-led Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive).

     Syrian Army control      Opposition control (including al-Qaeda in the Levant)      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

     Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation
Date 21–29 February 2016
(1 week and 1 day)
Location Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

  • ISIL and Jund al-Aqsa cut the only government supply route, through the Ithriyah-Aleppo Highway, capturing Khanasir and 12 villages
  • The Syrian Army recaptures Khanasir and all of the villages lost, and reopens the supply route to Aleppo
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg al-Quds Brigades
Ba'ath Brigades
Hezbollah
 Russia

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
Al-Nusra Front

Jund al-Aqsa
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan
Ali Fayyad †
(Hezbollah senior commander)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Umar Al-Absi (KIA)(Aleppo commander)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Mu’awiya Al-Halabi (KIA)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Hassan Aboud (DOW)
Units involved

Syrian Army

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL
Jund al-Aqsa
Strength
Unknown 1,000 ISIL fighters
Casualties and losses
87–119 killed 150 killed (per SOHR)
400–450 killed (per pro-gov. sources)

     Syrian Army control      Opposition control (including al-Qaeda in the Levant)      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Army victory

Syrian Arab Republic

Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg al-Quds Brigades
Ba'ath Brigades
Hezbollah
 Russia


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