Sack of Aleppo (962)

Sack of Aleppo (962)
Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Capture of Aleppo by the Byzantines, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes
Date 24–31 December 962 Location Aleppo, Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo Result Byzantine victory Sack of Aleppo Civilians massacred
Belligerents
Hamdanid Dynasty	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sayf al-Dawla Naja al-Kasaki	Nikephoros Phokas John Tzimiskes Theodore Parsakoutenos †

The sack of Aleppo in December 962 was carried out by the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros Phokas. Aleppo was the capital of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla, the Byzantines' chief antagonist at the time.