Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa

Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Syrian Army soldiers after breaking the siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa, 3 February 2016. A flag of the local "Soldiers of the Mahdi" (Imam Hujja Regiment) forces is in the foreground.
Date	19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016; (3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Nubl and Al-Zahraa, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	Decisive Syrian government victory Rebel failure to capture Nubl and Al-Zahraa; Syrian Army and allies break the siege in an offensive in early 2016;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Islamic Front; Al-Nusra Front; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Government; Iran; Russia (from late 2015); Allied militias:; Hezbollah; Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Commanders and leaders
Abu Qudama al-Urduni †; Sheikh Mahmoud al-Khayr †; Abu ‘Isma’aeel al-Hamawi †	Mohsen Ghajarian †
Units involved
Free Syrian Army Al-Tawhid Brigade; Conquest Brigade; Liwa Ahrar Souriya; Saladin Ayubi Brigade; ;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army; National Defence Forces; Local Defence Forces Baqir Brigade; ; Syrian Air Force; ; Iranian Armed Forces Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force; ; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force; ; Lebanese and Syrian Hezbollah Imam al-Mahdi Scouts; National Ideological Resistance; Quwat al-Ridha; Soldiers of the Mahdi; Imam Hujja Regiment; ;
Strength
Unknown	3,000 NDF fighters; 125 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters

The siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa during the Syrian civil war was laid by rebels to capture two Syrian government-held towns north of Aleppo, after they had seized most of the northern countryside in July 2012. The siege was lifted on 3 February 2016, as a result of a Syrian government offensive.