![]() Īn FSA operated BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles supported the fighters, as they assaulted the base, firing at least 70 rounds into the checkpoint. The lack of reinforcements for the government soldiers during the whole ten hours led to speculation that the Syrian army was under significant military pressure in other areas of Aleppo. Three hours after the attack began, a loyalist helicopter arrived and circled the area, but had little effect on the battle. The besieged government soldiers called in artillery strikes from batteries based in Aleppo city, which pounded areas surrounding the checkpoint, striking nearby villages where FSA fighters were located, in a last-ditch effort to force the FSA to disengage, but failed to do so. A force of 50 fighters out of an initial 150 fighters took part at first, using RPGs, machine guns, and assault rifles. ![]() įSA fighters surrounded the checkpoint as night fell and began an assault against the garrisoned troops and besieged them. The battle took place concurrently with the first night and day of the Battle of Aleppo itself. At the end of the battle, FSA fighters successfully seized the checkpoint.Įvents Rebels gather during the battleĪt dusk on 29 July, First Lieutenant Rifaat Khali, commander of the Conquest Brigade in the area, mobilized 150 fighters to seize control of the Anadan checkpoint, a strategic location linking the city of Aleppo 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the south with the Turkish border to the north, which the FSA used as a source for supplies. The Battle of Anadan ( Arabic: معركة عندان) was a ten-hour-long armed confrontation between the rebels of the Free Syrian Army and soldiers of the Syrian Army that occurred when FSA forces attempted to overrun a large army checkpoint in the Anadan area.
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