2014 Al-Safira offensive

The 2014 Al-Safira offensive, code-named "Zaeir al Ahrar” ("The Freemen Roar"), was a short-lived operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian civil war in Aleppo Governorate, in an attempt to attack "three sites of the army which are al-Adnaneyyi, al-Zeraa al-Foqaneyyi and al-Ezraa al-Tahtatnia in order to open a road to attack the Defense Factories where helicopters take off in order to drop barrel bombs onto Aleppo, Idlib and Hama". The defense factories produced the barrel bombs that are dropped onto the city of Aleppo and its countryside.

2014 Al-Safira offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date8–12 October 2014
(4 days)
Location
Result Syrian Army victory
Territorial
changes
  • The Army recaptures all villages by 12 October
  • Rebels initially capture seven villages near the Defense Factories
Belligerents
Islamic Front

Syrian Arab Republic

  • Syrian Armed Forces
  • National Defense Force
Commanders and leaders
Abu Jaber
(Ahrar ash-Sham leader)
Unknown
Units involved
Ahrar ash-Sham Defense Factories garrison
Casualties and losses
Unknown 23+ killed
2 helicopters downed
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