Al-Assad Military Academy Explained
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Al-Assad Military Academy (Arabic: أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية), also known as the Academy of Military Engineering, is a military educational and training institution in Aleppo, Syria. The academy is located west-southwest of the center of Aleppo.[1] The square-kilometer campus hold 2,000 or so well-armed soldiers.[2]
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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- Web site: المرسوم التشريعي 19 لعام 1979 إحداث أكاديمية الأسد للهندسة العسكرية. Parliament.gov.sy. ar. 2023-03-06. 2022-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20220814034750/http://parliament.gov.sy/arabic/index.php?node=201&nid=16351&ref=tree&. dead.
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