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The State of Aleppo (French: État d'Alep; Arabic: دولة حلب Dawlat Ḥalab) was one of the six states that were established by the French High Commissioner of the Levant, General Henri Gouraud, in the French Mandate of Syria which followed the San Remo conference and the collapse of King Faisal I's short-lived Arab monarchy in Syria.
1931 - National Museum of Aleppo founded. 1933 - Grand Serail d'Alep opens. 1936 - al-Nazir newspaper begins publication. [21] 1945 National Library of Aleppo and Club d'Alep open. 1947 - Pogrom of Jews. 1948 People's Party established. Al-Baladi Stadium opens. 1949 Aleppo Public Park created. Al-Ittihad Sports Club and Jalaa FC formed. 1950 ...
Aleppo (/ ə ˈ l ɛ p oʊ / ə-LEP-oh; Arabic: ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC: Ḥalab, IPA:) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria. [8]
The East Aleppo offensive is an operation launched by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in December 2024 against the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) to regain control of territory that was lost during the Manbij offensive and to advance from Dayr Hafir into the Tishrin Dam area.
Soon after, the military launched operation Canopus Star, [74] with the aim to encircle Aleppo and cut rebel supply lines into the city, thus besieging rebel-held areas. [75] Subsequently, the Army broke the siege of Aleppo's central prison on 22 May, [76] [77] [78] and on 3 July, government forces fully captured the Sheikh Najjar industrial ...
On 21 July, reports emerged that rebel fighters had taken full control of the Aleppo suburb of Khan al-Asal, along with the towns of Mataa and Summakiyah, east of the city. [87] Khan Al-Assal was the last government stronghold west of Aleppo, and rebels claimed that seizing it had given them control of the entire Western Aleppo countryside. [88]
On the 17th of February, they had regained control of the last rebel-held suburbs in Aleppo city, gaining full control for the first time since 2012. [245] Starting from November 27 2024, the Syrian rebels, under lead of HTS, launched a major offensive into the western and southern Aleppo governate capturing the entirety of the western governate.
Syrian state media reported that projectiles launched by the rebels hit student housing in the University of Aleppo, killing four people, including two students. [46] In the early hours of 30 November 2024, rebel forces captured the Citadel of Aleppo and the government headquarters in the city, [39] [47] as well as "more than half" of the city ...