The Battle of Aleppo () is an ongoing military confrontation in Aleppo, Syria between the Free Syrian Army and its allies and the Syrian government. The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian civil war. Clashes escalated in late July in Syria's largest city that holds great strategic and economic importance. The battle's scale and importance led combatants to name it the "mother of all battles".
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| - The Battle of Aleppo () is an ongoing military confrontation in Aleppo, Syria between the Free Syrian Army and its allies and the Syrian government. The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian civil war. Clashes escalated in late July in Syria's largest city that holds great strategic and economic importance. The battle's scale and importance led combatants to name it the "mother of all battles".
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- 15000(xsd:integer)
- 20000(xsd:integer)
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- *2,000-4,000 Hezbollah fighters
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| Casualties
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- 2000(xsd:integer)
- 2170(xsd:integer)
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- ~40 killed
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| - Ongoing
*FSA captures numerous districts in the southern and northeastern parts of the city in late July, PYD takes control of two districts in the northern part of the city
*Syrian Army recaptures several districts in August and September
*Several opposition offensives repelled by government troops in September and October
*UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient City of Aleppo largely destroyed in the fighting
*Limited clashes between the PYD and the FSA in late October and early November
*Opposition forces capture two Army bases on the western outskirts in early December
*In early February 2013, rebels capture the Sheik Said district, cutting off the land supply route between the airport and government forces in the city
*In early March, government forces reestablish a land supply route between central Syria and Aleppo's airport
*In April, the Syrian army captured the village of Al-Aziza near the airport
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- Syrian government
*Syrian Armed Forces
*Syrian Police
*Shabiha
:*al-Berri clan
*Lijan militias Hezbollah
- Syrian National Coalition
*Free Syrian Army
Mujahideen
*Al-Nusra Front
*Ahrar al-Sham
*Fajrul Islam
*Foreign fighters
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| - The Battle of Aleppo () is an ongoing military confrontation in Aleppo, Syria between the Free Syrian Army and its allies and the Syrian government. The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian civil war. Clashes escalated in late July in Syria's largest city that holds great strategic and economic importance. The battle's scale and importance led combatants to name it the "mother of all battles".
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