Al-Assad Military Academy

Al-Assad Military Academy (Arabic: أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية‎), also known as the Academy of Military Engineering,[1] is a military educational and training 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]

Al-Assad Military Academy
TypeMilitary academy
Established1979
Location
Aleppo
,
Aleppo Governorate
,
Syria

The academy was founded in 1979 during the rule of Hafez Al-Assad,[3] then upgraded to grant Master's and PhD degrees in 2014.[4] It provided basic training for infantry and armored corps conscripts and advanced training for army engineers.

References
  1. "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.
  3. "المرسوم التشريعي 19 لعام 1979 إحداث أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية". Parliament.gov.sy (in Arabic).
  4. "مجلس الشعب يقر مشروع القانون المتضمن تعديل بعض مواد المرسوم الخاص بإحداث أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية". syria-news.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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