"18 killed" . . "Major SAA & SDF victory" . "Hezbollah" . . . . . . "Kata'ib Hezbollah" . . "northern Aleppo offensive" . "Sham Legion" . "SDF:" . "Army of Aleppo" . "143 killed (48 Iraqis, 14 IRGC, 3 Hezbollah)" . "*Army of Revolutionaries" . . "breaking of the siege" . . "al-Nusra Front" . "Fastaqim Union" . "*Levant Front" . "Supported by:" . . "Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)" . . . . . . . "Allied militias:" . . "Badr Corps" . . . . . "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria" . . . . . "*YPG" . . . . . "Al-Nusra Front" . "since February 2016" . "SAA & allies:" . . "February 2016 offensive" . "18pxLiwa al-Quds" . . . . . "*Jaysh al-Islam" . . . . "Russia" . "Syrian Democratic Forces" . "captured" . "Northern Aleppo offensive" . "Turkey(border shelling of SDF and military support to the rebels)" . "*Free Syrian Army" . "2016-02-16" . "offensive" . . . "large Russian-backed offensive" . "*Army of Mujahideen" . "*YPJ" . "Syrian Arab Republic" . "----" . . . . "assault" . . . "*Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement" . . "Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba" . "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" . "*Ahrar ash-Sham" . "Liwa Fatemiyoun" . . "Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)" .