Back هجوم خناصر 2016 Arabic Наступленне на Ханасер (2016) Byelorussian Ofensiva de Khanasir 2016 Spanish Bataille de Khanasser French Наступление на Ханассер (2016) Russian 2016年哈那塞攻勢 Chinese

2016 Khanasir offensive

2016 Khanasir offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War and the
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War

Map of the course of the offensive (also included the concurrent SAA-led Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive)
  Syrian Army control
  Syrian Opposition control
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control
Date21–29 February 2016[5]
(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[6]
  • The Syrian Army recaptures Khanasir[7] and all of the villages lost,[8][9][10] and reopens the supply route to Aleppo[9][11]
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

al-Quds Brigades[1]
Ba'ath Brigades[2]
Hezbollah[3]
 Russia

Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)[4]
Jund al-Aqsa[4]

Supported by:
Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army[4]
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan[12]
Ali Fayyad †[13]
(Hezbollah senior commander)

Islamic State Umar Al-Absi †[14](Aleppo commander)
Islamic State Abu Mu’awiya Al-Halabi †[14]

Islamic State Hassan Aboud (DOW)[15]
Units involved

Syrian Army

Islamic State Military of ISIL
Strength
Unknown 1,000 ISIL fighters[16]
Casualties and losses
87–94 killed[5][19] 150 killed (per SOHR)[5]
400–450 killed (per pro-gov. sources)[19][20]

The 2016 Khanasir offensive was a military operation conducted by ISIL and Jund al-Aqsa, during the Syrian Civil War, with the aim of cutting the Syrian government's only supply route to the northern part of the Aleppo Governorate, which runs through the town of Khanasir.

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  2. ^ "Complete battlefield report from southeast Aleppo". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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  5. ^ a b c "نحو 250 قتلوا من قوات النظام ومسلحين موالين لها وتنظيم "الدولة الإسلامية" وفصائل أخرى خلال الهجوم الأخير على طريق الإمداد الاستراتيجي حلب – خناصر – أثريا". المرصد السورى لحقوق الإنسان. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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  12. ^ Leith Fadel (23 February 2016). "ISIS captures the strategic village of Khanasser in northeast Hama". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Aleppo". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  14. ^ a b Leith Fadel (4 March 2016). "Top ISIS commander in Aleppo killed". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Hassan Aboud, an ISIS Commander, Dies From Battlefield Wounds". The New York Times. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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  18. ^ a b Leith Fadel (26 February 2016). "Tiger Forces liberate 3 villages from ISIS in southeast Aleppo". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  19. ^ a b Chris Tomson (2 March 2016). "SouthFront: "400 ISIS fighters and 87 Syrian soldiers die in Aleppo offensive"". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Farsnews". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

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