Siege of Menagh Air Base

Siege of Menagh Air Base
	Part of the Syrian civil war
	; Map showing the siege
Date	2 August 2012 – 6 August 2013 ; (1 year and 4 days)
Location	Menagh Air Base, Aleppo, Syria36°31′19″N 037°2′28″E / 36.52194°N 37.04111°E
Result	Rebel victory
Territorial; changes	Rebels capture the Menagh Air Base;
Belligerents
Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army; Syrian Islamic Liberation Front; Al-Nusra Front; ; Islamic State Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (JAMWA); ;	Syrian Government
Commanders and leaders
Col. Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi; (Aleppo military council); Amar al-Dadikhi (WIA); (Northern Storm Brigade); Capt. Ahmed Ghazali; (Northern Storm Brigade); Abu Marwan; (Northern Storm Brigade); Abu Omar al-Shishani; (JAMWA and ISIL top commander); Abu Jandal al-Masri; (JAMWA and ISIL commander); Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi	Brig. Gen. Ali Salim Mahmoud †; Col. Naji Abu Shaar †
Units involved
Free Syrian Army Al-Tawhid Brigade Free North Brigade Qabda al-Shamal Battalion; ; ; Conquest Brigade; Northern Storm Brigade; Saladin Ayubi Brigade; Northern Commandos Brigade; Al-Sham Swords Brigade; Shahba Hawks Brigade; Al-Buraq Battalions; Kurdish Front Brigade (until May 2013); ;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 17th Reserve Division 12th Armored Brigade; ; ; Syrian Air Force 4th Flying Training Squadron; ; ;
Strength
Several hundred Chechen fighters	300 (as of January 2013); 200+ (as of May 2013) 70–120 (as of August 2013); 47 Mil Mi-8 helicopters (as of August 2012)
Casualties and losses
300 killed	94–100 killed; 5+ Mil Mi-8s destroyed or captured
	Menagh Air Base Location within Syria

The siege of Menagh Air Base (also spelled Menegh, Mannagh, or Minakh) was an armed confrontation between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army and aligned Islamist opposition groups during the Syrian civil war.