Al-Assad_Military_Academy

Al-Assad Military Academy

Al-Assad Military Academy

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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]

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.

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    "Syrian Rebel Leader Deals With Ties to Other Side". The New York Times. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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    "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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    "المرسوم التشريعي 19 لعام 1979 إحداث أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية". Parliament.gov.sy (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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    "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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