Al-Assad Military Academy

Coordinates: 36°10′53″N 37°5′40″E / 36.18139°N 37.09444°E / 36.18139; 37.09444

Al-Assad Military Academy
Type Military academy
Location Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Al-Assad Military Academy (Arabic: أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية‎), also known as the Academy of Military Engineering[1] is a military educational and tranining institution in Aleppo, Syria. The academy is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west-southwest of the center of Aleppo.[2] The square-kilometer campus hold 2,000 or so well-armed soldiers.[1]

It provided basic training for infantry and armored corps conscripts and advanced training for Army engineers.

References

  1. 1 2 "Syrian Rebel Leader Deals With Ties to Other Side". The New York Times. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "United Nations Mission on Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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