The Aleppo offensive of November-December 2016 was the campaign in which Syrian government forces, backed by Russia and Iran, retook rebel-held Aleppo. Through 2020 the opening's own short description labeled it a massacre in Aleppo. Today that same line calls it a battle in Aleppo, though the word massacre survives 18 times in the body. A reader arriving now learns this was labeled a battle at the top of the article, and not what an earlier snapshot called it, a massacre.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Aleppo security committee) Maj. Ruslan Galitsky ( DOW ) (military advisor & 5th Guards Tank Brigade commander) Mohammad al-Saeed (Liwa Al-Quds chief commander) Col.1 The offensive came after the end of the moratorium on air strikes by Russia , and the Russian Armed Forces again conducted heavy air and cruise missile strikes against rebel positions throughout northwestern Syria. The offensive resulted in government forces taking control of all rebel-controlled parts of eastern and southern Aleppo, and the evacuation of the remaining rebel forces. The offensive was described as a potential turning point in the Syrian Civil War . Almost 1,200 people were killed during the operation, including more than 600 civilians, most of whom died in the rebel-held part of the city where the offensive took place, but at least 149 were also killed by rebel shelling of government-held parts of Aleppo and some died in rebel strikes on the enclave held by the Syrian Democratic Forces . "Commander of the "leadership of Aleppo" to Qassioun: New Ckellna includes all factions in the city" . "Syria army takes Aleppo district, battle in 'final phase' " . 12 December 2016. "Aleppo will be secured "very soon": regime figure" . " "Fatah al-Sham" attacking the headquarters in Aleppo, arrest leader of "Legion Sham" " . "Reports from Aleppo - December 8th 2016" – via YouTube. "#Syria: Liwa Shamal al-Democrati (#SDF) goes on by claiming rebels of Katibat Askari Kamilah of the #FSA have alrea…" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . The Inside Source [@InsideSourceInt] (2 December 2016). "#Syria // #Aleppo // If the SAA captures east Aleppo , at least 25,000 soldiers and foreign allies would be freed" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . Losses are cumulating to 450 since 3 weeks (1)" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . "Syria: Russia starts large-scale offensive against jihadist militias" . 15 November 2016. "Syria: Is the multi-sided conflict at a turning point?" . 5 December 2016. "A domino effect in Aleppo regime victory?" . 9 December 2016.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Zaid Saleh (Head of Aleppo security committee) Maj. Suheil al-Hassan (Tiger Forces chief commander) Alexander Zhuravlyov Mohammad al-Saeed (Liwa Al-Quds chief commander) Col.The Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016) , code named Operation Dawn of Victory by government forces, was a successful military offensive launched by the Syrian Armed Forces and allied groups against rebel-held districts in Aleppo . The offensive came after the end of the moratorium on air strikes by Russia , and the Russian Armed Forces again conducted heavy air and cruise missile strikes against rebel positions throughout northwestern Syria. The offensive resulted in government forces taking control of all rebel-controlled parts of eastern and southern Aleppo, and the evacuation of the remaining rebel forces. The offensive was described as a potential turning point in the Syrian Civil War . Almost 1,200 people were killed during the operation, including more than 600 civilians, most of whom died in the rebel-held part of the city where the offensive took place, but at least 149 were also killed by rebel shelling of government-held parts of Aleppo and some died in rebel strikes on the enclave held by the Syrian Democratic Forces . "Commander of the "leadership of Aleppo" to Qassioun: New Ckellna includes all factions in the city" . "Syria army takes Aleppo district, battle in 'final phase' " . 12 December 2016. "Aleppo will be secured "very soon": regime figure" . "A discreet change of the commander of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria" . 7 November 2017.FDD's Long War Journal . 14 October 2016 . "سرکرده گروهک "ارتش حلب" در درگیریهای امروز این شهر زخمی شد" . " "Fatah al-Sham" attacking the headquarters in Aleppo, arrest leader of "Legion Sham" " . "Reports from Aleppo - December 8th 2016" – via YouTube. "#Syria: Liwa Shamal al-Democrati (#SDF) goes on by claiming rebels of Katibat Askari Kamilah of the #FSA have alrea…" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . The Inside Source [@InsideSourceInt] (2 December 2016). "#Syria // #Aleppo // If the SAA captures east Aleppo , at least 25,000 soldiers and foreign allies would be freed" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . Losses are cumulating to 450 since 3 weeks (1)" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . "Hundreds of civilians, rebels evacuated from Aleppo" . 16 December 2016. "Syria: Russia starts large-scale offensive against jihadist militias" . 15 November 2016. "Syria: Is the multi-sided conflict at a turning point?" . 5 December 2016. "A domino effect in Aleppo regime victory?" . 9 December 2016.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Zaid Saleh (Head of Aleppo security committee) Maj. Suheil al-Hassan (Tiger Forces chief commander) Alexander Zhuravlyov Mohammad al-Saeed (Liwa Al-Quds chief commander) Col. The Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016) , code named Operation Dawn of Victory by government forces, was a successful military offensive launched by the Syrian Armed Forces and allied groups against rebel-held districts in Aleppo . The offensive came after the end of the moratorium on air strikes by Russia , and the Russian Armed Forces again conducted heavy air and cruise missile strikes against rebel positions throughout northwestern Syria. The offensive resulted in government forces taking control of all rebel-controlled parts of eastern and southern Aleppo, and the evacuation of the remaining rebel forces. The offensive was described as a potential turning point in the Syrian Civil War . Almost 1,200 people were killed during the operation, including more than 600 civilians, most of whom died in the rebel-held part of the city where the offensive took place, but at least 149 were also killed by rebel shelling of government-held parts of Aleppo and some died in rebel strikes on the enclave held by the Syrian Democratic Forces . "Commander of the "leadership of Aleppo" to Qassioun: New Ckellna includes all factions in the city" . "Syria army takes Aleppo district, battle in 'final phase' " . 12 December 2016. "Aleppo will be secured "very soon": regime figure" . "A discreet change of the commander of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria" . 7 November 2017. FDD's Long War Journal . 14 October 2016 . "سرکرده گروهک "ارتش حلب" در درگیریهای امروز این شهر زخمی شد" . " "Fatah al-Sham" attacking the headquarters in Aleppo, arrest leader of "Legion Sham" " . "Reports from Aleppo - December 8th 2016" – via YouTube. "#Syria: Liwa Shamal al-Democrati (#SDF) goes on by claiming rebels of Katibat Askari Kamilah of the #FSA have alrea…" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . The Inside Source [@InsideSourceInt] (2 December 2016). "#Syria // #Aleppo // If the SAA captures east Aleppo , at least 25,000 soldiers and foreign allies would be freed" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . Russia Defence Forum "شهداء وجرحى في قصف متجدد على حلب الشرقية وسقوط قذائف على مناطق في حي الشيخ مقصود - المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان" . Losses are cumulating to 450 since 3 weeks (1)" ( Tweet ) – via Twitter . "Hundreds of civilians, rebels evacuated from Aleppo" . 16 December 2016. "Syria: Russia starts large-scale offensive against jihadist militias" . 15 November 2016. "Syria: Is the multi-sided conflict at a turning point?" . 5 December 2016. "A domino effect in Aleppo regime victory?" . 9 December 2016.
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