East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)

East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
	; Map of the frontline changes in the Aleppo Province from 1–22 February 2016; Syrian Army control Syrian Opposition control SDF control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control
Date	18 November 2015 – 21 February 2016; (3 months and 3 days)
Location	Eastern Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Decisive Syrian Army victory The Syrian Army advances east, north, and west of the Kuweires airbase, capturing 61 villages and the Aleppo Thermal Power Plant, and clearing 40 kilometers of highway;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic; Iran; Hezbollah Air strikes:; Russia Aerospace Forces;	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani; (Chief strategist); Gen. Suhayl al-Hasan; (Tiger Forces commander) Viktor Bondarev; Mustafa Badreddine	Umar Al-Absi; (Killed after the offensive)
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army Tiger Forces; Cheetah Forces Cheetah Forces Team 3; ; Suqur al-Sahara; ; Syrian Arab Air Force; National Defence Forces; Ba'ath Brigades; ; Iranian Armed Forces IRGC Quds Force; IRGC Ground Forces; Basij; ; ; Iranian-backed Iraqi militias; Russian Armed Forces Naval Infantry advisors; Aerospace Forces; ; Sukhoi Su-25SMs;	Military of ISIL
Strength
Unknown	800+ militants (on 20 Feb. 2016)
Casualties and losses
35+ soldiers killed, dozens wounded	190+ killed

Following the Syrian Arab Army's successful Kuweires offensive, during the Syrian Civil War, which ended with the securing of the Kuweires Military Airbase on 16 November 2015, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, with the aim of expanding the buffer zone around the airbase and disrupting ISIL supply lines.