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Country
  
Syria

District
  
Mount Simeon

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Governorate
  
Aleppo

Nahiyah
  
Aleppo

Local time
  
Monday 2:04 AM

Khan al-Asal

Weather
  
9°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 91% Humidity

Khan al-Asal (Arabic: خان العسل‎‎, also spelled Khan al-Assal) is a district of Aleppo city in northern Syria. It is administratively a sub-district of Aleppo, which is a part of the Mount Simeon District in the Aleppo Governorate. Khan al-Asal is located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) west-southwest of the center of Aleppo.

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Map of Khan Al-Asal, Syria

The neighborhood is separated in a northern and a southern part by the Halap - Edleb Road to Idlib. The Aleppo - Damascus Highway is the village boundary in the south. A police academy is located 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of Khan al-Asal. A military academy is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) east by north of Khan al-Asal. The village Kfar Da’el is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) north by east of Khan al-Asal.

An Army Fueling Base with underground fuel storages, fueling station and several bunkers is located close to the western boundary of the northern part of the village.

Khan al-Asal during the Syrian Civil War

During the Syrian Civil War, in the battle of Aleppos southwestern front, the village and the surrounding area have faced several incidents. Some of them violates International humanitarian law.

2013

March:

  • Early in March 2013 at least 120 government soldiers/policemen and 80 rebels were killed during a battle over the Khan al-Asal Police Academy.
  • The village was the location of a chemical weapon attack on 19 March 2013, which resulted in at least 26 fatalities and more than 86 injuries. At the time of the incident, there was ongoing shelling between the Syrian army and the opposition forces, located in areas surrounding the village.

    • July:

  • The village was taken by rebel forces on 22 July 2013. In the aftermath of the fall of the village, the rebel forces, and specifically the Al-Nusra Front, were accused of executing 51 captured government soldiers. Video material collected online by the United Nations, indicates that they were executed by gunfire after their capture by members of the Ansar al-Khilafa Brigade.

    • References

    Khan al-Asal Wikipedia
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