Battle of Aleppo (2024)

Belligerents

• Syrian Opposition
  • Syrian Salvation Government
  • Syrian Interim Government

Syrian Government
Russia
Iran

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Autonomous Administration of North and East SyriaCommanders and leaders Zakur Abu Ahmad Bakari Mohammad Salman Saftli
Suheil al-Hassan
Saleh al-Abdullah
Khalid al-HassanUnits involved

• Military Operations Command
  • Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
    • Red Bands
    • Thermal Brigades
    • Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
    • Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
    • Mujahidin Ghuroba Division
• Syrian National Army
• Ajnad al-Kavkaz

• Syrian Armed Forces
  • Syrian Army
    • Regiment 46
    • 25th SMF Division
    • Republican Guard
  • Syrian Air Force
  • Local Defence Forces
    • Baqir Brigade
    • Martyr Ali Zayn al-'Abidin Berri Brigade
• Russian Armed Forces
  • Russian Aerospace Forces
    • Russian Air Force
• Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Iraqi militias

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• Syrian Democratic Forces
  • People's Defense Units
  • Women's Protection Units
  • Sheikh Maqsoud Liberation Forces

Strength 350 militants (Russian claim) 30,000 troops (Russian claim)Casualties and losses Dozens of rebels killed Dozens of soldiers killed 22 civilians killed

On 29 November 2024, Syrian opposition group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, along with allied Turkish-backed groups 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, which began in 2012 and ended in 2016 when the Assad administration pushed rebels out of the city.

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