East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)

Following the Syrian Arab Army's successful Kuweires offensive, during the Syrian Civil War, which ended with the securing of the Kuweires Military Airbase on 16 November 2015, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, with the aim of expanding the buffer zone around the airbase and disrupting ISIL supply lines. == The offensive == === Expansion around the Kuweires Airbase === Between 18 and 19 November, Syrian government forces captured the village of Jamayliyah, the Sheikh Ahmad Train Station, the Sheikh Ahmad Production Facility and the hilltop of Tal Humaymah, positioning themselves only 8 km away from ISIL's long-time stronghold of Dayr Hafir.

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