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{{Short description|Offensive Military Operation}}
{{infobox military conflict
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict = Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015)
|partof = the [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)|Battle of Aleppo]] and<br> the [[Syrian Civil War]]
| partof = the [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)|Battle of Aleppo]] and the [[Syrian Civil War]]
|image= Aleppo and Kuweires offensives (digital rendering).jpg
| image = Aleppo and Kuweires offensives (digital rendering).jpg
|image_size= 350px
| image_size = 350px
|caption= Map of the [[Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)|Southern Aleppo offensive]] to the west, and the Kuweires offensive to the east, from September to late October 2015
| caption = Map of the [[Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)|Southern Aleppo offensive]] to the west, and the Kuweires offensive to the east, from September to late October 2015
|date = 14 September<ref name="leithfadel">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-launches-fresh-offensive-to-lift-the-two-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-airbase/|title=Syrian Army Launches Fresh Offensive to Lift the Two Year Long Siege of the Kuweires Airbase|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle-map-update-of-southeast-aleppo-syrian-army-on-the-offensive-near-kuweires-airbase/|title=Battle Map Update of Southeast Aleppo: Syrian Army on the Offensive Near Kuweires Airbase|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref> – 16 November 2015<ref name="kaskays">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kuweires-military-airport-officially-secure-as-the-syrian-army-captures-kaskays-village/|title=Kuweires Military Airport Officially Secure as the Syrian Army Captures Kaskays Village|author=Leith Fadel|work=Al Masdar|accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref><br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=09|day1=14|year1=2015|month2=11|day2=16|year2=2015}})
| date = 14 September<ref name="leithfadel">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-launches-fresh-offensive-to-lift-the-two-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-airbase/|title=Syrian Army Launches Fresh Offensive to Lift the Two Year Long Siege of the Kuweires Airbase|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=15 September 2015|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720140348/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-launches-fresh-offensive-to-lift-the-two-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-airbase/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle-map-update-of-southeast-aleppo-syrian-army-on-the-offensive-near-kuweires-airbase/|title=Battle Map Update of Southeast Aleppo: Syrian Army on the Offensive Near Kuweires Airbase|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=15 September 2015|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720144948/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle-map-update-of-southeast-aleppo-syrian-army-on-the-offensive-near-kuweires-airbase/|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 16 November 2015<ref name="kaskays">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kuweires-military-airport-officially-secure-as-the-syrian-army-captures-kaskays-village/|title=Kuweires Military Airport Officially Secure as the Syrian Army Captures Kaskays Village|author=Leith Fadel|work=Al Masdar|date=16 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820084629/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kuweires-military-airport-officially-secure-as-the-syrian-army-captures-kaskays-village/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=09|day1=14|year1=2015|month2=11|day2=16|year2=2015}})
|place = [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]]
| place = [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]]
|territory =
| territory =
|result = [[Syrian Army]] victory<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/news/322193-aleppo-kuweires-airbase-liberated/|title=RT goes into Aleppo airbase retaken from ISIS (EXCLUSIVE)|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="victory 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-mass-retreating-from-several-areas-in-east-aleppo-after-the-fall-of-the-kuweries-airport/|title=ISIS Mass Retreating from Several Areas in East Aleppo After the Fall of the Kuweries Airport|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=10 November 2015|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kuweires-defeat-creates-major-issues-for-isis-supply-route-from-raqqa-to-aleppo-cutoff/|title=Kuweires Defeat Creates Major Issues for ISIS: Supply Route from Raqqa to Aleppo Cutoff|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=12 November 2015|work=Al-Masdar News|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref>
| result = Syrian government victory<ref name="victory 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-mass-retreating-from-several-areas-in-east-aleppo-after-the-fall-of-the-kuweries-airport/|title=ISIS Mass Retreating from Several Areas in East Aleppo After the Fall of the Kuweries Airport|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=10 November 2015|access-date=10 November 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720144937/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-mass-retreating-from-several-areas-in-east-aleppo-after-the-fall-of-the-kuweries-airport/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kuweires-defeat-creates-major-issues-for-isis-supply-route-from-raqqa-to-aleppo-cutoff/|title=Kuweires Defeat Creates Major Issues for ISIS: Supply Route from Raqqa to Aleppo Cutoff|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=12 November 2015|work=Al-Masdar News|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720105548/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kuweires-defeat-creates-major-issues-for-isis-supply-route-from-raqqa-to-aleppo-cutoff/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Syrian Army lifts the airbase siege on 10 November<ref name="victory 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-lift-the-three-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-military-airbase/|title=Cheetah Forces Lift the Three Year Long Siege of the Kuweires Military Airbase|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=10 November 2015|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/2015/11/%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%88-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d9%84-%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b7/|title=بعد نحو عامين قوات النظام تصل لأسوار مطار كويرس العسكري وتحاول كسر الحصار عن عناصرها داخل المطار|author=khaled|work=المرصد السورى لحقوق الإنسان|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="master">{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=37405|title=The regime forces raise the siege imposed on the airbase of Kwayres; some groups reach inside it|author=Master|publisher=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref>
* Syrian Army lifts the airbase siege on 10 November<ref name="victory 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-lift-the-three-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-military-airbase/|title=Cheetah Forces Lift the Three Year Long Siege of the Kuweires Military Airbase|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=10 November 2015|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/2015/11/%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%88-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d9%84-%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b7/|title=بعد نحو عامين قوات النظام تصل لأسوار مطار كويرس العسكري وتحاول كسر الحصار عن عناصرها داخل المطار|author=khaled|work=المرصد السورى لحقوق الإنسان|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="master">{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=37405|title=The regime forces raise the siege imposed on the airbase of Kwayres; some groups reach inside it|author=Master|date=10 November 2015|publisher=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>
* Syrian Army reaches the Aleppo–Raqqa Highway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/zero-hour-approaches-the-kuwieres-military-airport-cheetah-forces-reportedly-1km-away/|title=Zero Hour Approaches the Kuwieres Military Airport: Cheetah Forces Reportedly 1km Away|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=10 November 2015|work=Al-Masdar News|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref>
* Syrian Army reaches the Aleppo–Raqqa Highway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/zero-hour-approaches-the-kuwieres-military-airport-cheetah-forces-reportedly-1km-away/|title=Zero Hour Approaches the Kuwieres Military Airport: Cheetah Forces Reportedly 1km Away|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=10 November 2015|work=Al-Masdar News|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720114325/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/zero-hour-approaches-the-kuwieres-military-airport-cheetah-forces-reportedly-1km-away/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Syrian Army have captured close to 50 villages during their offensive<ref name="Qatar_Tall_Al_Hattabat">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-captures-tall-al-hattabat-and-qatar-aleppo-map-update/|title=Syrian Army captures Tall Al-Hattabat and Qatar - Aleppo map update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=23 January 2016|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref>
* Syrian Army captured close to 50 villages during their offensive<ref name="Qatar_Tall_Al_Hattabat">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-captures-tall-al-hattabat-and-qatar-aleppo-map-update/|title=Syrian Army captures Tall Al-Hattabat and Qatar - Aleppo map update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=23 January 2016|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720143425/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-captures-tall-al-hattabat-and-qatar-aleppo-map-update/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|combatant1= {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} '''[[Syrian Arab Republic]]'''
|combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} '''[[Syrian Arab Republic]]'''
* {{flagicon image|Syrian Armed Forces Flag.svg}} [[Syrian Armed Forces]]
* {{flagicon image|Syrian Armed Forces Flag.svg}} [[Syrian Armed Forces]]
* {{flagicon image|InfoboxNDF.png}} [[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]]
* {{flagicon image|InfoboxNDF.png}} [[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]]
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** [[File:Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg|12px]] [[Quds Force]]
** [[File:Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg|12px]] [[Quds Force]]
** [[File:Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg|12px]] [[Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|IRGC Ground Forces]]
** [[File:Seal of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg|12px]] [[Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|IRGC Ground Forces]]
[[File:Hezbollah_al-Nujaba_Flag.jpg|25px]] [[Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba]]<ref name="parades">{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/08/iraqi-militia-parades-in-southern-aleppo.php|title=Iraqi militia parades in southern Aleppo|author=Amir Toumai, Caleb Weiss|publisher=The Long War Journal|date=12 August 2016|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Iraqi">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-captures-al-nasiriyah-in-east-aleppo-7km-from-kuweires-military-airport/#prettyPhoto|title=Syrian Army Captures Al-Nasiriyah in East Aleppo: 7km from Kuweires Military Airport|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref><br>{{flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG}} [[Hezbollah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/11/assad-regime-allies-break-islamic-states-siege-of-air-base-in-aleppo.php|title=Assad regime, allies break Islamic State's siege of air base in Aleppo|author=Thomas Joscelyn|publisher=The Long War Journal|date=11 November 2015|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref><br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg}} [[Ba'ath Brigades]]<ref name="victory 1"/>
{{flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG}} [[Hezbollah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/11/assad-regime-allies-break-islamic-states-siege-of-air-base-in-aleppo.php|title=Assad regime, allies break Islamic State's siege of air base in Aleppo|author=Thomas Joscelyn|publisher=The Long War Journal|date=11 November 2015|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg}} [[Ba'ath Brigades]]<ref name="victory 1"/><br />[[Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba]]<ref name="parades">{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/08/iraqi-militia-parades-in-southern-aleppo.php|title=Iraqi militia parades in southern Aleppo|author=Amir Toumai, Caleb Weiss|publisher=The Long War Journal|date=12 August 2016|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Iraqi">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-captures-al-nasiriyah-in-east-aleppo-7km-from-kuweires-military-airport/#prettyPhoto|title=Syrian Army Captures Al-Nasiriyah in East Aleppo: 7km from Kuweires Military Airport|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=16 October 2015|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113084834/http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-captures-al-nasiriyah-in-east-aleppo-7km-from-kuweires-military-airport/#prettyPhoto|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''[[Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War|Air strikes]]:'''<br>{{flag|Russia}}
'''[[Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War|Air strikes]]:'''<br />{{flag|Russia}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg}} [[Russian Air Force|Aerospace Forces]]<ref name="airstrikes">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-air-force-strikes-isis-in-al-raqqa-and-east-aleppo-terrorists-suffer-heavy-casualties/|title=Russian Air Force Strikes ISIS in Al-Raqqa and East Aleppo: Terrorists Suffer Heavy Casualties|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=5 October 2015|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg}} [[Russian Air Force|Aerospace Forces]]<ref name="airstrikes">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-air-force-strikes-isis-in-al-raqqa-and-east-aleppo-terrorists-suffer-heavy-casualties/|title=Russian Air Force Strikes ISIS in Al-Raqqa and East Aleppo: Terrorists Suffer Heavy Casualties|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=5 October 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=22 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222220822/http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-air-force-strikes-isis-in-al-raqqa-and-east-aleppo-terrorists-suffer-heavy-casualties/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|combatant2= '''{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]'''
|combatant2 = '''{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]'''
|commander1={{flagicon|Iran}} Maj. Gen. [[Qassem Soleimani]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-east-west-asia/archive/2015/11/11/719457/story.html|title=Syrian Army, Hezbollah Lift ISIL's 2.5-Year-Long Siege of Kuweires Airbase in Aleppo|date=11 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="leithfadel1">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/general-suleimani-oversees-the-large-scale-offensive-in-southern-aleppo/|title=General Suleimani Oversees the Large-Scale Offensive in Southern Aleppo|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref><br><small>(Chief strategist)</small><br />{{flagicon|Iran}} Maj. Gen. [[Hossein Hamadani]]{{KIA}}<br><small>(Deputy commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Maj. Gen. Munzer Zammam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/president-assad-congratulates-colonel-hassan-for-liberating-the-kuweires-airport/|title=President Assad Congratulates Colonel Hassan for Liberating the Kuweires Airport|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=11 November 2015|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref><br><small>(Kuweires Airport chief commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Gen. Hasham Mohamed Younis<ref name="behind">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-syria-inside-the-air-base-that-held-out-against-islamic-state-for-two-years-and-the-death-a7117431.html|title=Inside the air base that held out against Isis for three years – and the death and destruction that was left behind|author=Robert Fisk|work=Independent|date=3 July 2016|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref><br><small>(Kuweires Airport sub-commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Col. [[Suheil Al Hassan|Suheil al-Hassan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-press-forward-to-kuweires-airport-while-isis-attempts-to-redirect-the-assault/|title=Cheetah Forces Press Forward to Kuweires Airport While ISIS Attempts to Redirect the Assault|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=28 October 2015|accessdate=28 October 2015}}</ref><br><small>(Tiger Forces commander)</small><br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Col. Shadi Isma'el<ref name="commanders">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-capture-30km-of-territory-from-isis-in-east-aleppo-kuweires-airport-within-sight/|title=Cheetah Forces Capture 30km of Territory from ISIS in East Aleppo: Kuweires Airport Within Sight|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=19 October 2015|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref><br><small>(Cheetah Forces commander)</small><br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Col. Lu'ayy Sleitan<ref name="commanders"/><br><small>(Cheetah Forces commander)</small><br>[[File:Hezbollah_al-Nujaba_Flag.jpg|24px]] Akram al Kaabi<ref name="parades" /><br><small>(Leader of al-Nujaba)</small>
|commander1 = {{flagicon|Iran}} Maj. Gen. [[Qassem Soleimani]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-east-west-asia/archive/2015/11/11/719457/story.html|title=Syrian Army, Hezbollah Lift ISIL's 2.5-Year-Long Siege of Kuweires Airbase in Aleppo|date=11 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="leithfadel1">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/general-suleimani-oversees-the-large-scale-offensive-in-southern-aleppo/|title=General Suleimani Oversees the Large-Scale Offensive in Southern Aleppo|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=16 October 2015|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401194004/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/general-suleimani-oversees-the-large-scale-offensive-in-southern-aleppo/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /><small>(Chief strategist)</small><br />{{flagicon|Iran}} Maj. Gen. [[Hossein Hamadani]]{{KIA}}<br /><small>(Deputy commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Maj. Gen. Munzer Zammam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/president-assad-congratulates-colonel-hassan-for-liberating-the-kuweires-airport/|title=President Assad Congratulates Colonel Hassan for Liberating the Kuweires Airport|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=11 November 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114231349/http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/president-assad-congratulates-colonel-hassan-for-liberating-the-kuweires-airport/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /><small>(Kuweires Airport chief commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Gen. Hasham Mohamed Younis<ref name="behind">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-syria-inside-the-air-base-that-held-out-against-islamic-state-for-two-years-and-the-death-a7117431.html|title=Inside the air base that held out against Isis for three years – and the death and destruction that was left behind|author=Robert Fisk|work=Independent|date=3 July 2016|access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref><br /><small>(Kuweires Airport sub-commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Col. [[Suheil Al Hassan|Suheil al-Hassan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-press-forward-to-kuweires-airport-while-isis-attempts-to-redirect-the-assault/|title=Cheetah Forces Press Forward to Kuweires Airport While ISIS Attempts to Redirect the Assault|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=28 October 2015|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720143414/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-press-forward-to-kuweires-airport-while-isis-attempts-to-redirect-the-assault/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /><small>(Tiger Forces commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Col. Muhammad Shahen<ref name="commanders">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-capture-30km-of-territory-from-isis-in-east-aleppo-kuweires-airport-within-sight/|title=Cheetah Forces Capture 30km of Territory from ISIS in East Aleppo: Kuweires Airport Within Sight|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=19 October 2015|access-date=10 November 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720141901/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-capture-30km-of-territory-from-isis-in-east-aleppo-kuweires-airport-within-sight/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /><small>(Cheetah Forces commander)</small><br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria.svg}} Col. Lu'ayy Sleitan<ref name="commanders"/><br /><small>(Cheetah Forces commander)</small><br />Akram al Kaabi<ref name="parades" /><br /><small>(Leader of al-Nujaba)</small>
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{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Dvornikov]]<br /><small>(Commander of Russian Forces)</small>
{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Aleksandr Dvornikov]]<br /><small>(Commander of Russian Forces)</small>
{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Viktor Bondarev]]<br /><small>(Chief of staff Russian Air Force)</small>
{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Viktor Bondarev]]<br /><small>(Commander of Russian Aerospace Forces)</small>
|commander2= {{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} Umar Al-Absi<ref name="ISIL commanders">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/top-isis-emir-aleppo-killed-airstrike/|title=Top ISIS commander in Aleppo killed|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=4 March 2016|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref><br><small>(ISIL chief commander of Aleppo)</small><br>{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} Abu Mu'awiya Al-Halabi<ref name="ISIL commanders" /><br><small>(ISIL senior commander)</small>
|commander2 = {{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} Umar Al-Absi<ref name="ISIL commanders">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/top-isis-emir-aleppo-killed-airstrike/|title=Top ISIS commander in Aleppo killed|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=4 March 2016|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502001449/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/top-isis-emir-aleppo-killed-airstrike/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /><small>(ISIL chief commander of Aleppo)</small><br />{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} Abu Mu'awiya Al-Halabi<ref name="ISIL commanders" /><br /><small>(ISIL senior commander)</small>
|units1={{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Army.svg}} [[Syrian Army]]:
| units1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Army.svg}} [[Syrian Army]]:
* [[Tiger Forces]]<ref name="victory 1"/>
* [[Tiger Forces]]<ref name="victory 1"/>
** [[Cheetah Forces]]<ref name="commanders"/>
** [[Cheetah Forces]]<ref name="commanders"/>
*** Cheetah Forces Team 6<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-in-southern-and-eastern-aleppo-latest-map-update/|title=Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance in Southern and Eastern Aleppo – Latest Map Update|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=11 November 2015|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>
*** Cheetah Forces Team 6<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-in-southern-and-eastern-aleppo-latest-map-update/|title=Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance in Southern and Eastern Aleppo – Latest Map Update|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=11 November 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720111208/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-in-southern-and-eastern-aleppo-latest-map-update/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Qalamoun Shield Forces]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/quwat-dir-al-qalamoun-shifting-militia-links/ |title=Quwat Dir' Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links |author=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi |work=Syria Comment |date=17 January 2017|accessdate=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Qalamoun Shield Forces]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/quwat-dir-al-qalamoun-shifting-militia-links/ |title=Quwat Dir' Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links |author=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi |work=Syria Comment |date=17 January 2017|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
{{flagicon image|Syrian Air Force Flag.svg}} [[Syrian Arab Air Force|Syrian Air Force]]<ref name="ISIL commanders" /><br>
{{flagicon image|Syrian Air Force Flag.svg}} [[Syrian Arab Air Force|Syrian Air Force]]<ref name="ISIL commanders" /><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg}} [[Russian Air Force|Aerospace Forces]]
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* [[Sukhoi Su-25]]SMs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle-for-east-aleppo-intensifies-as-isis-and-the-syrian-army-fight-for-kuweires-airbase/|title=Battle for East Aleppo Intensifies as ISIS and the Syrian Army Fight for Kuweires Airbase|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=26 October 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820090142/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle-for-east-aleppo-intensifies-as-isis-and-the-syrian-army-fight-for-kuweires-airbase/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg}} [[Russian Air Force|Aerospace Forces]]
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{{flagicon image|Morskaja pehota Rossii.gif}} [[Naval Infantry (Russia)|Naval Infantry]] advisors<ref>{{cite web|author=osnetdaily |url=http://osnetdaily.com/2015/09/russian-marines-in-first-battle-against-isis-in-syria/ |title=Russian marines in first Battle against ISIS in Syria |publisher=Osnetdaily.com |access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref>
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* [[Sukhoi Su-25]]SMs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle-for-east-aleppo-intensifies-as-isis-and-the-syrian-army-fight-for-kuweires-airbase/|title=Battle for East Aleppo Intensifies as ISIS and the Syrian Army Fight for Kuweires Airbase|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=26 October 2015|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>
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{{flagicon image|Morskaja pehota Rossii.gif}} [[Naval Infantry (Russia)|Naval Infantry]] advisors<ref>{{cite web|author=osnetdaily |url=http://osnetdaily.com/2015/09/russian-marines-in-first-battle-against-isis-in-syria/ |title=Russian marines in first Battle against ISIS in Syria |publisher=Osnetdaily.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
* 810th Naval Infantry Brigade
* 810th Naval Infantry Brigade
|units2=[[Military activity of ISIL|Military of ISIL]]
| units2 = [[Military activity of ISIL|Military of ISIL]]
|strength1=314 <small>(Kuweires Airport, out of original 1,000–1,100)</small><ref name="defy">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/the-kuweires-314-defy-the-odds-35-months-to-victory/|title=The Kuweires 314 Defy the Odds: 35 Months to Victory|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=11 November 2015|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11987256/Russia-and-Iran-backed-offensive-helps-regime-break-Isils-two-year-siege-on-Syrian-airbase.html|title=Russia and Iran-backed offensive helps regime break Isil's two-year siege on Syrian airbase|author=Louisa Loveluck|work=The Telegraph|date=10 November 2015|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="behind" /><br>~4,500 <small>(reinforcements)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-reinforcements-pour-into-east-aleppo-and-northern-homs-massive-offensive-awaits/|title=Syrian Army Reinforcements Pour into East Aleppo and Northern Homs: Massive Offensive Awaits|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=7 October 2015|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>
| strength1 = 314 <small>(Kuweires Airport, out of original 1,000–1,100)</small><ref name="defy">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/the-kuweires-314-defy-the-odds-35-months-to-victory/|title=The Kuweires 314 Defy the Odds: 35 Months to Victory|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=11 November 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829101543/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/the-kuweires-314-defy-the-odds-35-months-to-victory/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11987256/Russia-and-Iran-backed-offensive-helps-regime-break-Isils-two-year-siege-on-Syrian-airbase.html|title=Russia and Iran-backed offensive helps regime break Isil's two-year siege on Syrian airbase|author=Louisa Loveluck|work=The Telegraph|date=10 November 2015|access-date=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="behind" /><br />~4,500 <small>(reinforcements)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-reinforcements-pour-into-east-aleppo-and-northern-homs-massive-offensive-awaits/|title=Syrian Army Reinforcements Pour into East Aleppo and Northern Homs: Massive Offensive Awaits|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=7 October 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720124733/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-reinforcements-pour-into-east-aleppo-and-northern-homs-massive-offensive-awaits/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|strength2= Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
|casualties1 =78 killed, 200+ wounded<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-lift-the-three-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-military-airbase/|title=Cheetah Forces Lift the Three Year Long Siege of the Kuweires Military Airbase|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=10 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="jack"/>
| casualties1 = 78 killed, 200+ wounded<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-lift-the-three-year-long-siege-of-the-kuweires-military-airbase/|title=Cheetah Forces Lift the Three Year Long Siege of the Kuweires Military Airbase|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=10 November 2015|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="jack"/>
|casualties2 =80+ killed <ref name="jack"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-seizes-the-icarda-farms-in-northern-kuweires/|title=Syrian Army Seizes the ICARDA Farms in Northern Kuweires|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=15 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref>
| casualties2 = 80+ killed <ref name="jack"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-seizes-the-icarda-farms-in-northern-kuweires/|title=Syrian Army Seizes the ICARDA Farms in Northern Kuweires|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=15 November 2015|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720124525/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-seizes-the-icarda-farms-in-northern-kuweires/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Syrian Civil War}}{{Campaignbox Battle of Aleppo}}
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Battle of Aleppo}}{{Campaignbox Syrian Civil War}}
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On 14 September 2015, the [[Syrian Arab Army]] (SAA) – in cooperation with the [[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]] (NDF) and the [[Ba'ath Brigades|Al-Ba'ath Battalion]] – launched a fresh offensive inside the [[Aleppo Governorate]]'s southeastern countryside in order to lift the [[Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham]]'s (ISIS) two-year-long siege of the isolated [[Kuweires Military Airbase]]. This offensive was later complemented by [[Aleppo offensive (October 2015 – present)|another effort]] starting mid-October further south, which would be aimed at cementing government control over the main logistical route to [[Aleppo]] from central [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-conducts-a-special-operation-to-cutoff-the-strategic-aleppo-raqqa-highway/|title=Syrian Army Conducts a Special Operation to Cutoff the Strategic Aleppo-Raqqa Highway|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>


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On 14 September 2015, the [[Syrian Arab Army]] (SAA) – in cooperation with the [[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]] (NDF) and the [[Ba'ath Brigades|Al-Ba'ath Battalion]] – launched a fresh '''offensive''' inside the [[Aleppo Governorate]]'s southeastern countryside in order to lift the [[Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham]]'s (ISIS) two-year-long siege of the isolated '''[[Kuweires Military Airbase]]'''. This offensive was later complemented by [[Aleppo offensive (October 2015 – present)|another effort]] starting mid-October further south, which would be aimed at cementing government control over the main logistical route to [[Aleppo]] from central [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-conducts-a-special-operation-to-cutoff-the-strategic-aleppo-raqqa-highway/|title=Syrian Army Conducts a Special Operation to Cutoff the Strategic Aleppo-Raqqa Highway|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=16 October 2015|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720115838/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-conducts-a-special-operation-to-cutoff-the-strategic-aleppo-raqqa-highway/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The main objective of the offensive was to lift the siege on the Kuweires Military Airport, and relieve the hundreds of soldiers locked into the Kuweires pocket for almost three years, as well as to give significant depth to the main line of communication to the Syrian and allied forces in the province from the south. Also there is a possible long-term goal of cutting the [[Aleppo]]–[[Raqqah]] highway and thereby bisecting ISIL in Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/10/14/iran-lawmaker-cooperation-with-russia-in-syria-successful|title=Iran sends fighters to Syria, escalating its involvement - US News|work=US News & World Report|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>


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The main objective of the offensive was to lift the siege on the Kuweires Military Airport, and relieve the hundreds of soldiers locked into the Kuweires pocket for almost three years, as well as to give significant depth to the main line of communication to the Syrian and allied forces in the province from the south. Also there is a possible long-term goal of cutting the [[Aleppo]]–[[Raqqah]] highway and thereby bisecting ISIL in Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/10/14/iran-lawmaker-cooperation-with-russia-in-syria-successful|title=Iran sends fighters to Syria, escalating its involvement - US News|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>
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==Preparations==
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The origins of the planning of operations in the Aleppo area could be traced back to Gen. Qasem Soleimani's visit to Moscow in July 2015. Gen. Soleimani was reportedly sent to Syria by the supreme leader of Iran himself, [[Ali Khamenei]], in order to discuss military matters with his Russian counterparts and coordinate a joint escalation of forces in Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/06/us-mideast-crisis-syria-soleimani-insigh-idUSKCN0S02BV20151006|title=How Iranian general plotted out Syrian assault in Moscow|work=Reuters|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>


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== Preparations ==
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Military advisers, including high ranking generals from Iran's [[Quds force]] began deploying to Latakia, and soon moving to the points of engagement throughout the country in order to plan the coming ground offensives which would be augmented by Russian air-power.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-iran-seen-coordinating-on-defense-of-assad-regime-in-syria-1442856556|title=Russia, Iran Seen Coordinating on Defense of Assad Regime in Syria|author=Jay Solomon in Washington and Sam Dagher in Amman, Jordan|date=21 September 2015|work=WSJ|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref> With so many Iranian generals patrolling and reconnoitering the front-lines of the Syrian civil war, three of the aforementioned were soon killed in action including a very senior Guards member, Gen. [[Hossein Hamadani]], who was deputy to Qasem Soleimani.<ref>[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/10/14/Two-Iranian-Revolutionary-Guards-officers-reportedly-killed-in-Syria-.html Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers reportedly killed in Syria]</ref>
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The origins of the planning of operations in the Aleppo area could be traced back to Gen. Qasem Soleimani's visit to Moscow in July 2015. Gen. Soleimani was reportedly sent to Syria by the supreme leader of Iran himself, [[Ali Khamenei]], in order to discuss military matters with his Russian counterparts and coordinate a joint escalation of forces in Syria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-soleimani-insigh-idUSKCN0S02BV20151006|title=How Iranian general plotted out Syrian assault in Moscow|work=Reuters|date=6 October 2015|access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>


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Military advisers, including high ranking generals from Iran's [[Quds force]] began deploying to Latakia, and soon moving to the points of engagement throughout the country in order to plan the coming ground offensives which would be augmented by Russian air-power.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-iran-seen-coordinating-on-defense-of-assad-regime-in-syria-1442856556|title=Russia, Iran Seen Coordinating on Defense of Assad Regime in Syria|author=Jay Solomon in Washington and Sam Dagher in Amman, Jordan|date=21 September 2015|work=WSJ|access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> With so many Iranian generals patrolling and reconnoitering the front-lines of the Syrian civil war, three of the aforementioned were soon killed in action including a very senior Guards member, Gen. [[Hossein Hamadani]], who was deputy to Qasem Soleimani.<ref>[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/10/14/Two-Iranian-Revolutionary-Guards-officers-reportedly-killed-in-Syria-.html Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers reportedly killed in Syria]</ref>
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==The offensive==

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== The offensive ==
[[File:Assedio dell'aeroporto di Kuwayris 14 sett 2015.svg|thumb|left|The situation at the airport at the beginning of the offensive.]]
[[File:Assedio dell'aeroporto di Kuwayris 14 sett 2015.svg|thumb|left|The situation at the airport at the beginning of the offensive.]]
Beginning on 15 September, the government forces launched attacks along the north-western rim of the al-Jaboul Lake in an attempt to drive the ISIL militants back towards the besieged air-base of Kuweires in eastern Aleppo. The offensive began with the Army and National Defense Forces taking control of the two hilltops at Tal Na'am and Tal Sab'in, which are located just north of [[Lake Jabboul]].<ref name="leithfadel"/>
Beginning on 15 September, the government forces launched attacks along the north-western rim of the al-Jaboul Lake in an attempt to drive the ISIL militants back towards the besieged air-base of Kuweires in eastern Aleppo. The offensive began with the Army and National Defense Forces taking control of the two hilltops at Tal Na'am and Tal Sab'in, which are located just north of [[Lake Jabboul]].<ref name="leithfadel"/>


However, ISIL was able to regroup not long after and launch a counter-attack in which they gained some of their lost territory and checked the rapid advance of the government forces. On 22 September, the intervention of the Syrian Air force enabled the ground forces to regain the initiative and continue their advance by capturing Salihiyah after sharp engagements with ISIL militants around the town and later gain Tal-Rayman in the drive east towards Kuweires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-recaptures-two-villages-en-route-to-the-kuweires-military-airbase-in-east-aleppo/|title=Syrian Army Recaptures Two Villages En Route to the Kuweires Military Airbase in East Aleppo|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>
However, ISIL was able to regroup not long after and launch a counter-attack in which they gained some of their lost territory and checked the rapid advance of the government forces. On 22 September, the intervention of the Syrian Air force enabled the ground forces to regain the initiative and continue their advance by capturing Salihiyah after sharp engagements with ISIL militants around the town and later gain Tal-Rayman in the drive east towards Kuweires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-recaptures-two-villages-en-route-to-the-kuweires-military-airbase-in-east-aleppo/|title=Syrian Army Recaptures Two Villages En Route to the Kuweires Military Airbase in East Aleppo|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|date=23 September 2015|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720133322/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-recaptures-two-villages-en-route-to-the-kuweires-military-airbase-in-east-aleppo/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Before dawn of 24 September 2015, the [[Russian Naval Infantry]] went into battle for the first time since their deployment to Syria, Debka file's military and intelligence sources reveal. The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade fought with Syrian Army and Hezbollah special forces in an attack on ISIL forces at the Kweiris air base, east of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web|author=osnetdaily |url=http://osnetdaily.com/2015/09/russian-marines-in-first-battle-against-isis-in-syria/ |title=Russian marines in first Battle against ISIS in Syria |publisher=Osnetdaily.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
Before dawn of 24 September 2015, the [[Russian Naval Infantry]] went into battle for the first time since their deployment to Syria, Debka file's military and intelligence sources reveal. The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade fought with Syrian Army and Hezbollah special forces in an attack on ISIL forces at the Kweiris air base, east of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web|author=osnetdaily |url=http://osnetdaily.com/2015/09/russian-marines-in-first-battle-against-isis-in-syria/ |title=Russian marines in first Battle against ISIS in Syria |publisher=Osnetdaily.com |access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref>


{{anchor|Aleppo Thermal power plant}}{{anchor|Ayn Sabil}}On 4 October, the Russian Air Force attacked ISIS along the Dayr Hafir Highway, and the Thermal Plant. This allowed the government forces to enter the village of Ayn Sabil.<ref name="airstrikes"/> A Syrian Army source claimed that 75 militants in the Aleppo governorate were killed in Russian airstrikes in the past two days.<ref name="airstrikes"/>
{{anchor|Aleppo Thermal power plant}}{{anchor|Ayn Sabil}}On 4 October, the Russian Air Force attacked ISIS along the Dayr Hafir Highway, and the Thermal Plant. This allowed the government forces to enter the village of Ayn Sabil.<ref name="airstrikes"/> A Syrian Army source claimed that 75 militants in the Aleppo governorate were killed in Russian airstrikes in the past two days.<ref name="airstrikes"/>


{{anchor|Al-Nasiriyah}}{{anchor|Burayjah}}On 16 October, government forces and Iraqi militia, reportedly captured the town of Al-Nasiriyah, following fighting that they claimed killed 25 ISIS fighters. They then advanced to the town of Barayjeh, some 7&nbsp;km from Kuweires.<ref name="Iraqi"/>
{{anchor|Al-Nasiriyah}}{{anchor|Burayjah}}On 16 October, government forces and [[Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba|Iraqi militia]], reportedly captured the town of Al-Nasiriyah, following fighting that they claimed killed 25 ISIS fighters. They then advanced to the town of Barayjeh, some 7&nbsp;km from Kuweires.<ref name="Iraqi"/>


On 17 October, the military reportedly captured the village of Huwaija.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/18/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN0SB0E220151018|title=Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, advance south of Aleppo: monitor|work=Reuters|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> By the next day, government forces took more areas, bringing the total of captured villages since the start of the offensive to five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35372|title=The regime forces advance towards the airbase of Kwayres seizing more areas, and warplanes attack the outskirts of Aleppo city|author=Master|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref>
On 17 October, the military reportedly captured the village of Huwaija.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN0SB0E220151018|title=Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, advance south of Aleppo: monitor|work=Reuters|date=18 October 2015|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> By the next day, government forces took more areas, bringing the total of captured villages since the start of the offensive to five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35372|title=The regime forces advance towards the airbase of Kwayres seizing more areas, and warplanes attack the outskirts of Aleppo city|author=Master|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>


On 19 October, government forces captured the village of Bkayze, about seven kilometres from the air base, as well as two other villages near the base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/10/19/syrian-troops-advance-toward-air-base-besieged-by-is|title=Syrian troops advance toward air base besieged by IS - US News|work=US News & World Report|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> They also captured parts of Dakwanah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/10/the-regime-forces-advance-in-the-eastern-countryside-of-aleppo-again-while-the-russian-attack-the-southern-countryside/|title=The regime forces advance in the eastern countryside of Aleppo again while the Russian attack the southern countryside|author=Master|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> The following day, the military seized parts of the Tal Sbi'ein area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35605|title=Continuous violent clashes near Kweris airbase and intense aerial bombardment on several areas in the countryside of Aleppo|author=Edward|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref>
On 19 October, government forces captured the village of Bkayze, about seven kilometres from the air base, as well as two other villages near the base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/10/19/syrian-troops-advance-toward-air-base-besieged-by-is|title=Syrian troops advance toward air base besieged by IS - US News|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> They also captured parts of Dakwanah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/10/the-regime-forces-advance-in-the-eastern-countryside-of-aleppo-again-while-the-russian-attack-the-southern-countryside/|title=The regime forces advance in the eastern countryside of Aleppo again while the Russian attack the southern countryside|author=Master|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> The following day, the military seized parts of the Tal Sbi'ein area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35605|title=Continuous violent clashes near Kweris airbase and intense aerial bombardment on several areas in the countryside of Aleppo|author=Edward|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>


{{anchor|Tall Sab'īn}}{{anchor|Dakwanah}}On 21 October, government forces took control of the Tal Sbi'ein area, including its hill,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35614|title=The regime forces advance again and take control of villages in the southern and eastern countryside of Aleppo|author=Edward|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> and two days later Dakwanah as well,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35731|title=The regime forces advance in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo again, while clashes erupt in the Eastern Ghouta|author=Master|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> bringing them to within four kilometers of the air base.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-capture-another-village-in-east-aleppo-while-isis-fails-at-kuweires-airport/|title=Cheetah Forces Capture Another Village in East Aleppo While ISIS Fails at Kuweires Airport|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref>
{{anchor|Tall Sab'īn}}{{anchor|Dakwanah}}On 21 October, government forces took control of the Tal Sbi'ein area, including its hill,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35614|title=The regime forces advance again and take control of villages in the southern and eastern countryside of Aleppo|author=Edward|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> and two days later Dakwanah as well,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=35731|title=The regime forces advance in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo again, while clashes erupt in the Eastern Ghouta|author=Master|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> bringing them to within four kilometers of the air base.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-capture-another-village-in-east-aleppo-while-isis-fails-at-kuweires-airport/|title=Cheetah Forces Capture Another Village in East Aleppo While ISIS Fails at Kuweires Airport|author=Leith Fadel|work=[[Al-Masdar News]]|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720131809/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-capture-another-village-in-east-aleppo-while-isis-fails-at-kuweires-airport/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


{{anchor|Sheikh Ahmad}}On 9 November, government forces captured the town of Sheikh Ahmad, two kilometers from the air base, setting the conditions for a final assault towards the airport.<ref name="defy"/><ref>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/11/the-regime-forces-advance-and-reach-to-a-distance-of-2-km-away-from-the-airbase-of-kwayres-after-weeks-of-clashes/ The regime forces advance and reach to a distance of 2 km away from the airbase of Kwayres after weeks of clashes]</ref>
{{anchor|Sheikh Ahmad}}On 9 November, government forces captured the town of Sheikh Ahmad, two kilometers from the air base, setting the conditions for a final assault towards the airport.<ref name="defy"/><ref>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/11/the-regime-forces-advance-and-reach-to-a-distance-of-2-km-away-from-the-airbase-of-kwayres-after-weeks-of-clashes/ The regime forces advance and reach to a distance of 2 km away from the airbase of Kwayres after weeks of clashes]</ref>


[[File:Assedio dell'aeroporto di Kuwayris 10 nov 2015.svg|thumb|left|The situation at the airport at the end of the offensive.]]
[[File:Assedio dell'aeroporto di Kuwayris 10 nov 2015.svg|thumb|left|The situation at the airport at the end of the offensive.]]
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On 10 November, government forces lifted the siege of the Kuweires air base after three years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-in-southern-and-eastern-aleppo-latest-map-update/|title=Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance in Southern and Eastern Aleppo - Latest Map Update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=11 November 2015|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720111208/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-in-southern-and-eastern-aleppo-latest-map-update/|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{anchor|Umm Arkilah}}Subsequently, the Army captured the villages of Rasm 'Abboud and 'Umm Arkileh near the airport, as a mass ISIL retreat from areas east of Aleppo.<ref name="victory 2"/> {{anchor|Judaydah 'Arbin}}{{anchor|'Arbid_}}On the next day, the military, in coordination with its allies, captured the villages Jdaydet Arbin and Arbid in the vicinity of the Kuweires airbase.<ref name="Kuweries_offensive">{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=37508|title=The regime forces advance again after breaking the siege of Kweires airbase and take control a village in its vicinity|author=Edward|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kuweries_offensive2">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-suffers-another-defeat-in-the-kuweires-countryside-as-the-syrian-army-and-hezbollah-capture-arbeed/|title=ISIS Suffers Another Defeat in the Kuweires Countryside as the Syrian Army and Hezbollah Capture 'Arbeed|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=12 November 2015|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828165638/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-suffers-another-defeat-in-the-kuweires-countryside-as-the-syrian-army-and-hezbollah-capture-arbeed/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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In the last 24 hours of the fighting around the military airport, 60 ISIL militants, more than 20 Syrian soldiers, 13 Iranian and 8 Hezbollah fighters were killed.<ref name="jack">{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=37487|title=More than 100 killed and wounded during clashes around Kweres military airport|author=jack|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>
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On 10 November, government forces lifted the siege of the Kuweires air base after three years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-in-southern-and-eastern-aleppo-latest-map-update/|title=Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance in Southern and Eastern Aleppo - Latest Map Update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=11 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> {{anchor|Umm Arkilah}}Subsequently, the Army captured the villages of Rasm 'Abboud and 'Umm Arkileh near the airport, as a mass ISIL retreat from areas east of Aleppo.<ref name="victory 2"/> {{anchor|Judaydah 'Arbin}}{{anchor|'Arbid_}}On the next day, the military, in coordination with its allies, captured the villages Jdaydet Arbin and Arbid in the vicinity of the Kuweires airbase.<ref name="Kuweries_offensive">{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=37508|title=The regime forces advance again after breaking the siege of Kweires airbase and take control a village in its vicinity|author=Edward|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kuweries_offensive2">{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-suffers-another-defeat-in-the-kuweires-countryside-as-the-syrian-army-and-hezbollah-capture-arbeed/|title=ISIS Suffers Another Defeat in the Kuweires Countryside as the Syrian Army and Hezbollah Capture 'Arbeed|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=12 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref>


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On 13 November, government forces advanced 4.5&nbsp;km along the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway, seizing the chemical production facility and positioned themselves at the Sisako Factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-west-of-kuweires-airport-isis-stronghold-in-danger/|title=Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance West of Kuweires Airport: ISIS Stronghold in Danger|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=13 November 2015|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720112739/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-west-of-kuweires-airport-isis-stronghold-in-danger/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 16 November, the air base was officially declared secured after the Army seized the village of Kaskays.<ref name="kaskays"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/2015/11/16/%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%86%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a8-3/|title=استمرار الاشتباكات العنيفة في ريف حلب الجنوبي وقوات النظام تسيطر على قرية بالريف الشرقي|website=www.syriahr.com|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> This marked the beginning of [[East Aleppo offensive (2015–16)|a new military offensive]] with the aim of expanding the buffer zone around the airport.
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In the last 24 hours of the fighting around the military airport, 60 ISIL militants, more than 20 Syrian soldiers, 13 Iranian and 8 Hezbollah fighters were killed.<ref name="jack">{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=37487|title=More than 100 killed and wounded during clashes around Kweres military airport|author=jack|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref>


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== See also ==
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On 13 November, government forces advanced 4.5&nbsp;km along the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway, seizing the chemical production facility and positioned themselves at the Sisako Factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-and-hezbollah-advance-west-of-kuweires-airport-isis-stronghold-in-danger/|title=Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance West of Kuweires Airport: ISIS Stronghold in Danger|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=13 November 2015|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> On 16 November, the air base was officially declared secured after the Army seized the village of Kaskays.<ref name="kaskays"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/2015/11/16/%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%86%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a8-3/|title=استمرار الاشتباكات العنيفة في ريف حلب الجنوبي وقوات النظام تسيطر على قرية بالريف الشرقي|first=|last=user3|publisher=|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> This marked the beginning of [[East Aleppo offensive (2015–16)|a new military offensive]] with the aim of expanding the buffer zone around the airport.
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* [[Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)]]

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==See also==
* [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)]]
* [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)]]
* [[Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)|Operation Northern Storm]]
* [[Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)|Operation Northern Storm]]
* [[Operation Canopus Star]]
* [[Operation Canopus Star]]
* [[Operation Rainbow (Syrian Civil War)|Operation Rainbow]]
* [[Operation Rainbow (Syrian Civil War)|Operation Rainbow]]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:03, 24 April 2024

Kuweires offensive
Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War

Map of the Southern Aleppo offensive to the west, and the Kuweires offensive to the east, from September to late October 2015
Date14 September[6][7] – 16 November 2015[8]
(2 months and 2 days)
Standort
Aleppo, Syria
Result

Syrian government victory[9][10]

  • Syrian Army lifts the airbase siege on 10 November[2][11][12]
  • Syrian Army reaches the Aleppo–Raqqa Highway[13]
  • Syrian Army captured close to 50 villages during their offensive[14]
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

 Iran

Hezbollah[1]
Ba'ath Brigades[2]
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba[3][4]

Air strikes:
 Russland

Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders

Iran Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani[15][16]
(Chief strategist)
Iran Maj. Gen. Hossein Hamadani †
(Deputy commander)
Maj. Gen. Munzer Zammam[17]
(Kuweires Airport chief commander)
Gen. Hasham Mohamed Younis[18]
(Kuweires Airport sub-commander)
Col. Suheil al-Hassan[19]
(Tiger Forces commander)
Col. Muhammad Shahen[20]
(Cheetah Forces commander)
Col. Lu'ayy Sleitan[20]
(Cheetah Forces commander)
Akram al Kaabi[3]
(Leader of al-Nujaba)

Russland Aleksandr Dvornikov
(Commander of Russian Forces)

Russland Viktor Bondarev
(Commander of Russian Aerospace Forces)		 Islamic State Umar Al-Absi[21]
(ISIL chief commander of Aleppo)
Islamic State Abu Mu'awiya Al-Halabi[21]
(ISIL senior commander)
Units involved

Syrian Army:

Syrian Air Force[21]
Aerospace Forces

Naval Infantry advisors[25]

  • 810th Naval Infantry Brigade
 Military of ISIL
Strength
314 (Kuweires Airport, out of original 1,000–1,100)[26][27][18]
~4,500 (reinforcements)[28]		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
78 killed, 200+ wounded[29][30] 80+ killed [30][31]

On 14 September 2015, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) – in cooperation with the National Defence Forces (NDF) and the Al-Ba'ath Battalion – launched a fresh offensive inside the Aleppo Governorate's southeastern countryside in order to lift the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham's (ISIS) two-year-long siege of the isolated Kuweires Military Airbase. This offensive was later complemented by another effort starting mid-October further south, which would be aimed at cementing government control over the main logistical route to Aleppo from central Syria.[32]

The main objective of the offensive was to lift the siege on the Kuweires Military Airport, and relieve the hundreds of soldiers locked into the Kuweires pocket for almost three years, as well as to give significant depth to the main line of communication to the Syrian and allied forces in the province from the south. Also there is a possible long-term goal of cutting the Aleppo–Raqqah highway and thereby bisecting ISIL in Syria.[33]

Preparations

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The origins of the planning of operations in the Aleppo area could be traced back to Gen. Qasem Soleimani's visit to Moscow in July 2015. Gen. Soleimani was reportedly sent to Syria by the supreme leader of Iran himself, Ali Khamenei, in order to discuss military matters with his Russian counterparts and coordinate a joint escalation of forces in Syria.[34]

Military advisers, including high ranking generals from Iran's Quds force began deploying to Latakia, and soon moving to the points of engagement throughout the country in order to plan the coming ground offensives which would be augmented by Russian air-power.[35] With so many Iranian generals patrolling and reconnoitering the front-lines of the Syrian civil war, three of the aforementioned were soon killed in action including a very senior Guards member, Gen. Hossein Hamadani, who was deputy to Qasem Soleimani.[36]

The offensive

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The situation at the airport at the beginning of the offensive.

Beginning on 15 September, the government forces launched attacks along the north-western rim of the al-Jaboul Lake in an attempt to drive the ISIL militants back towards the besieged air-base of Kuweires in eastern Aleppo. The offensive began with the Army and National Defense Forces taking control of the two hilltops at Tal Na'am and Tal Sab'in, which are located just north of Lake Jabboul.[6]

However, ISIL was able to regroup not long after and launch a counter-attack in which they gained some of their lost territory and checked the rapid advance of the government forces. On 22 September, the intervention of the Syrian Air force enabled the ground forces to regain the initiative and continue their advance by capturing Salihiyah after sharp engagements with ISIL militants around the town and later gain Tal-Rayman in the drive east towards Kuweires.[37]

Before dawn of 24 September 2015, the Russian Naval Infantry went into battle for the first time since their deployment to Syria, Debka file's military and intelligence sources reveal. The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade fought with Syrian Army and Hezbollah special forces in an attack on ISIL forces at the Kweiris air base, east of Aleppo.[38]

On 4 October, the Russian Air Force attacked ISIS along the Dayr Hafir Highway, and the Thermal Plant. This allowed the government forces to enter the village of Ayn Sabil.[5] A Syrian Army source claimed that 75 militants in the Aleppo governorate were killed in Russian airstrikes in the past two days.[5]

On 16 October, government forces and Iraqi militia, reportedly captured the town of Al-Nasiriyah, following fighting that they claimed killed 25 ISIS fighters. They then advanced to the town of Barayjeh, some 7 km from Kuweires.[4]

On 17 October, the military reportedly captured the village of Huwaija.[39] By the next day, government forces took more areas, bringing the total of captured villages since the start of the offensive to five.[40]

On 19 October, government forces captured the village of Bkayze, about seven kilometres from the air base, as well as two other villages near the base.[41] They also captured parts of Dakwanah.[42] The following day, the military seized parts of the Tal Sbi'ein area.[43]

On 21 October, government forces took control of the Tal Sbi'ein area, including its hill,[44] and two days later Dakwanah as well,[45] bringing them to within four kilometers of the air base.[46]

On 9 November, government forces captured the town of Sheikh Ahmad, two kilometers from the air base, setting the conditions for a final assault towards the airport.[26][47]

The situation at the airport at the end of the offensive.

On 10 November, government forces lifted the siege of the Kuweires air base after three years.[48] Subsequently, the Army captured the villages of Rasm 'Abboud and 'Umm Arkileh near the airport, as a mass ISIL retreat from areas east of Aleppo.[9] On the next day, the military, in coordination with its allies, captured the villages Jdaydet Arbin and Arbid in the vicinity of the Kuweires airbase.[49][50]

In the last 24 hours of the fighting around the military airport, 60 ISIL militants, more than 20 Syrian soldiers, 13 Iranian and 8 Hezbollah fighters were killed.[30]

On 13 November, government forces advanced 4.5 km along the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway, seizing the chemical production facility and positioned themselves at the Sisako Factory.[51] On 16 November, the air base was officially declared secured after the Army seized the village of Kaskays.[8][52] This marked the beginning of a new military offensive with the aim of expanding the buffer zone around the airport.

See also

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References

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