Battle of Aleppo (2024)
| Battle of Aleppo (2024) | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives during the Syrian civil war | |||||||||
Syrian opposition fighters toppling a statue of Bassel al-Assad in New Aleppo | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Syrian Government Russia Iran Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Zakur Abu Ahmad Bakari |
Mohammad Salman Saftli Suheil al-Hassan Saleh Abdullah Khalid al-Hassan | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 350 militants (Russian claim) | 30,000 troops (Russian claim) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Dozens of rebels killed | Dozens of soldiers killed | ||||||||
| 22 civilians killed | |||||||||
On 29 November 2024, Syrian opposition group Tahrir al-Sham, along with allied Turkish-backed groups in the Military Operations Command, entered the Syrian government-held city of Aleppo. The battle began on the third day of a large-scale rebel offensive. It was the first time fighting had broken out in the city since the earlier battle, which began in 2012 and ended in 2016 when the Assad administration pushed rebels out of the city.
On 30 November 2024, opposition groups captured most of the city amidst the collapse of pro-government forces. Coinciding with the lightning-speed takeover of Aleppo, the rebels pushed into the countryside of northern Hama; the whole city of Hama eventually fell to the rebels on December 5.