2016 Khanasir offensive information

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
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 Syrian Army; Syrian Air Force; National Defence Forces; al-Quds Brigades; Ba'ath Brigades; Hezbollah; Russia Aerospace Forces;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); Jund al-Aqsa; Supported by:; Free Syrian Army
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan; Ali Fayyad †; (Hezbollah senior commander)	Umar Al-Absi †(Aleppo commander); Abu Mu’awiya Al-Halabi †; Hassan Aboud (DOW)
Units involved
Syrian Army 11th Armored Division 47th Regiment; ; Republican Guard; Tiger Forces Cheetah Forces Team 3; Cheetah Forces Team 6; ;	Military of ISIL
Strength
Unknown	1,000 ISIL fighters
Casualties and losses
87–94 killed	150 killed (per SOHR); 400–450 killed (per pro-gov. sources)

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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[250militants-5] "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.

[6] Perry, Tom. "Islamic State tightens grip on Syrian government road to Aleppo". Reuters. Retrieved 23 February 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.

[almasdartopemir-14] 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.

[blitz-16] Chris Tomson (23 February 2016). "Government supply line to Aleppo utterly cut due to blitz offensive by ISIS - Map update". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

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[Cheetah_Forces-18] 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.

[400ISIS-19] 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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