Kuweires Military Aviation Institute
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2016) |
Kuweires Air Base  | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
| Operator | Syrian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Kuweires, Aleppo Governorate | ||||||||||
| In use | Unknown-present | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°11′13″N 037°34′59″E / 36.18694°N 37.58306°E | ||||||||||
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  Kuweires Air Base Location in Syria | |||||||||||
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The Kuweires Military Airbase is an airbase in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. It is situated between As-Safira in the West and Dayr Hafir in the East. It was used for educational purposes mainly.
Siege of Kuweires Airbase
On 18 March 2014, it was reported that an effort entitled “Do Not Divide” [Wa La Tafaraqu] aimed to seize Kuweires Airbase. Rebel forces surrounded Kuweiris for more than a year but did not overrun it. However, as rebel infighting with ISIS intensified, ISIS apparently left (or was forced off) the battlefield and a new logo without its name was posted online by another brigade.[1] After being sieged by ISIS for more than two years it was freed by the Syrian army in November 2015 in the Kuweires offensive.
References
- ^ Caris, Charlie (March 2014). The Siege of Aleppo?. Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 19 May 2014.