The Khan al-Asal Police Academy ( ar, مدرسة الشرطة), also known as the Aleppo police academy, the Syrian police academy or the Police Academy, is a
police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...
educational and training institution in
Aleppo
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. The academy is located southwest of
Khan al-Asal
Khan al-Assal ( ar, خان العسل, 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 locat ...
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The Police Academy during the Syrian Civil War
After eight days of fighting that left 200 troops and rebels dead, the rebels seized most of the police academy on 3 March 2013.
The Syrian Army recaptured the police academy in February 2020.
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Educational institutions in Syria
Law enforcement in Syria
Mount Simeon District