Syrian Army and allies victory Syrian Arab Republic Iran[1] Liwa al-Quds[2] Ba'ath Brigades[3] Hezbollah[2] Liwa Fatemiyoun[1] Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba[4] Fahd Jassem al-Freij[24](Minister of Defense) Maj. Gen. Suheil Al Hassan[25](Tiger Forces chief commander) Maj. Gen. Adib Mohammed[26](Head of Aleppo security committee, replaced) Maj. Gen. Zaid Saleh[26](Replacement head of Aleppo security committee) Maj. Gen. Adib Salameh[27](Head of Aleppo Air Force Intelligence Directorate branch) Brig.

[83][84][better source needed] By late July, the military had managed to sever the last rebel supply line coming from the north and completely surround Aleppo.

However, within days, the rebels launched a large-scale counter-attack south of Aleppo in an attempt to both open a new supply line into rebel-held parts of the city and cut-off the government-held side.

The whole campaign, including both the Army's offensive and subsequent rebel counter-offensive, was seen by both sides as possibly deciding the fate of the entire war.

[96] After midnight on 7 July, amid heavy airstrikes, pro-government forces captured the southern part of Mallah and came within one kilometer of the Castello Road.

[110] Late on 25 July, the Tiger Forces captured two sites in and near the Castillo Complex, threatening to cut off the rebels remaining at Bani Zeid and al-Layramoun.

After also seizing the Al-Castillo Amusement Park and imposing fire control over Bani Zeid, the remaining rebel forces in Aleppo City were left almost completely besieged.

[120][121] On 31 July, the Army of Conquest launched a counter-offensive both south and north of Aleppo in an attempt to lift the siege on the rebel-held areas of the city.

Fierce fighting was reported at the Al-Castillo Highway,[6] while the rebels managed to capture the Al-Hikma school and two hills on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, which constituted an advanced Army defense line.

[122] The wide-scale rebel counter-attack reportedly included 8,000–10,000 fighters, 95 tanks, hundreds of rocket launchers and a large number of suicide-bombers.

[126][127] The next day, the rebels once again advanced and took control of Mushrifah village (also known as Sharfa), that is situated on a hill that overlooks the Al-Assad Military Academy.

[151] The government, backed by Russia, launched an intensive air-strike campaign, in which one of the military schools captured by the rebels was reportedly leveled.

[166] On 5 September, rebel frontlines in southern Aleppo collapsed, with pro-government forces overrunning three villages, three hills, two factories, two storage facilities, an Air Defense Base and a quarry.

[179] After the implementation of the ceasefire in mid-September, the Syrian Army withdrew its forces from the Castello road to allow UN humanitarian aid into the eastern parts of the city.

[180] Later, as Russian Marines and Syrian Red Crescent personnel controlling Castello road came under fire by rebel groups, the SAA redeployed its soldiers once again.