Khan al-Asal

Khan al-Assal
خان العسل
Neighborhood
Khan al-Assal is located in Syria
Khan al-Assal
Khan al-Assal
Coordinates: 36°10′2″N 37°2′21″E / 36.16722°N 37.03917°E / 36.16722; 37.03917
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictMount Simeon
NahiyahAleppo
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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Khan al-Assal (Arabic: خان العسل, romanizedḴān 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]

  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.