Battle of Aleppo (2024)

Battle of Aleppo (2024)
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
Date 29 November – 2 December 2024[4] (3 days) Location Aleppo Governorate, Syria Result Syrian opposition victory[5][6] Syrian government forces retreat from the city[7][8] SDF enclave within the city besieged by rebels[9] Territorial changes Syrian opposition forces capture most of the city[10] SDF retain control of Sheikh Maqsood and move into adjacent districts[3][11]
Belligerents
Syrian Salvation Government Syrian Interim Government	Ba'athist Syria  Russia[1][2]  Iran  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria[3][a]
Units involved
Military Operations Command Tahrir al-Sham Red Bands[12] Thermal Brigades[12] Syrian National Army National Front for Liberation Sham Legion[13] Northern Storm Brigade[13] Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement[13] Ajnad al-Kavkaz[14] Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar[14] Mujahidin Ghuroba Division[15] Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad[15]	Syrian Armed Forces  Syrian Army Regiment 46[16] 25th Special Mission Forces Division[17] Republican Guard[17]  Russian Armed Forces  Russian Ground Forces  Russian Aerospace Forces  Russian Air Force Iranian Armed Forces  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[18] Iraqi militias[19] Syrian Democratic Forces People's Defense Units Women's Protection Units[20] Sheikh Maqsoud Liberation Forces[20] Ashrafieh Liberation Forces[20]
Strength
350 militants[21]	30,000 troops[22]
Casualties and losses
Dozens of rebels killed[23]	Dozens of soldiers killed[8]
22 civilians killed[24][25]

On 29 November 2024, Syrian opposition group Tahrir al-Sham, along with allied Turkish-backed groups^[26][27][28] 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,^[29] which began in 2012 and ended in 2016 when the Assad administration pushed rebels out of the city.^[30][23][31]

On 30 November 2024, opposition groups captured most of the city amidst the collapse of pro-government forces.^[32][33] Coinciding with the lightning-speed takeover of Aleppo, the rebels pushed into the countryside of northern Hama;^[34] the whole city of Hama eventually fell to the rebels on December 5.

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