Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)

Operation Northern Storm
	Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
	; Situation in Aleppo Governorate as of November 2013 Syrian Army control Opposition control
Date	1 October – 1 December 2013; (2 months)
Location	Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian government victory
Territorial; changes	Syrian Army captures Khanasir, Al-Safira, Tell Aran, Tell Hassel, Base 80 and 20 smaller villages and towns and reopens the highway to Aleppo;
Belligerents
Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army; Al-Nusra Front; Ahrar al-Sham; Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement; ; Islamic State	Syrian Government; Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi; (Aleppo FSA commander, resigned in Nov.); Abdul Qader Saleh †; (Al-Tawhid Brigade commander) Abou al-Tayyeb †; (Al-Tawhid Brigade intelligence chief); Haji Bakr; (ISIL leader)	Brig. Gen. Suhayl al-Hasan; Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Ramadan (35th Regiment)
Units involved
Free Syrian Army: Al-Tawhid Brigade; Jaysh Mohammad Brigade; ;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army: 3rd Army Corps (Aleppo); 15th Special Forces Division: 35th Special Forces Regiment; 127th Special Forces Regiment; 403rd Armored Regiment; ; ; National Defense Force; ; ; Hezbollah Radwan force; ;
Strength
Unknown	7,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
125+ killed	105+ killed
	97+ civilians killed

The October–December 2013 Aleppo offensive or Operation Northern Storm was a campaign during the Syrian civil war launched by the Syrian army in the Aleppo Governorate to reopen a key supply route linking central Syria to the largest city, Aleppo. The offensive began when the Syrian Army attacked the strategic town of Khanasir.