Khan al-Assal
خان العسل | |
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Neighborhood | |
  Khan al-Assal | |
| Coordinates: 36°10′2″N 37°2′21″E / 36.16722°N 37.03917°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Mount Simeon |
| Nahiyah | Aleppo |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Khan al-Assal (Arabic: خان العسل, romanized: Ḵān al-ʿAsal) 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-Assal is located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) west-southwest of the center of Aleppo.[1]
The neighborhood is separated in a northern and a southern part by the Aleppo 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-Assal. Al-Assad Military Academy is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) east by north of Khan al-Assal. The village Kfar Da’el is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) north by east of Khan al-Assal.
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.[1]
- ^ a b "United Nations Mission on Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic" (PDF). United Nations. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.