Al-Ittihad Sports Club of Aleppo is a professional multi-sports club based in the Syrian city of Aleppo mostly known for its football team which competes in the Syrian Premier League, the top league of Syrian football. Being one of the most successful clubs in Syrian football history, Al-Ittihad won six Syrian football league titles and nine Syrian cups. In Asia, their best performance was in 2010 when they became champions of AFC Cup competition.
Aleppo Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,868,000, almost 23% of the total population of Syria. The governorate is the fifth in area with an area of 18,482 km2 (7,136 sq mi), about 10% of the total area of Syria. The capital is the city of Aleppo. The governorate is represented by 52 deputies in the parliament, of whom 20 come from the city of Aleppo.
Aleppo International Airport is an international airport serving Aleppo, Syria. The airport used to serve as a secondary hub for Syrian Air.
The Aleppo International Stadium is an Olympic-standard, multi-use, all-covered and all-seater stadium in the Syrian city of Aleppo. It is the largest stadium in Syria, and is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Al-Ittihad football club. It also hosted some home games of the Syrian football team. The stadium was opened in 2007 and holds up to 53,200 spectators. The venue is located near the al-Hamadaniah Sports City in the southwestern part of Aleppo.
Ottoman Syria refers to divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the Levant, usually defined as the region east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains.
Al-Yarmouk Sports Club is a Syrian sports club based in Aleppo, best known for their football. Founded in 1925, Al-Yarmouk is the 2nd oldest sports organization in Syria. The club have won the Syrian regions football championship for several times before the establishment of the official Syrian football league in 1966. They were the winners of the Syrian Cup in 1963–1964, being the only official achievement in the club's history. Between 1925–1946, Al-Yarmouk was known as Homenetmen Aleppo. In 1946, the name was changed to Al-Nadi As-Souri until 1971 when it was renamed Al-Yarmouk. The club play their home games at the 7 April Municipal Stadium.
7 April Stadium is a football stadium in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Opened in 1948, the venue is considered to be the oldest football stadium in Syria. The stadium is home to the Syrian 2nd Division football club Al-Yarmouk SC.
Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa is a madrasah complex in Aleppo, Syria. It was built between 1241-51 by the Aleppine historian Ibn al-Udaym.
Ghiath Tayfour 1969 – 11 March 2012) was a Syrian boxing champion in Syria and winner of many titles including Syrian championships titles from 1984 to 1998. He was born in Aleppo, Syria, and began his training with the Police Club of Aleppo.
Kafr Halab is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Atarib District of the Aleppo Governorate, located southwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Zardana to the west, Kafr Nuran, al-Jinah and Ibbin Samaan to the northwest, Urum al-Sughra to the north, al-Bawabiya to the south and Maarrat al-Ikhwan and Taftanaz to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Halab had a population of 4,136 in the 2004 census.
Aleppo College Aleppo College was a Junior College it awarded High School Degrees at the Tenth Grade>>> and up to 1964 <<< it awarded and Freshman and Sophomore classes in; Arts Engineering and Medicine at the 11th and 12th Grades. It is based in the Syrian city of Aleppo since 1923. The roots of the college are traced back to the Central Turkey College of Aintab founded between 1874-1876 by the American Board of Commissioners and Foreign Missions in the Ottoman Empire to serve the large number of Christian Armenian population in the region.
Al-Shorta could refer to a football club in either Iraq, Syria, Qatar or Egypt:
Beit Junblatt is a historic mansion in Aleppo, Syria, built during in the 16th century by a Kurdish emir of the Jumblatt family.
The 2015 version of the Syrian Cup is the 45th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Syria. Al-Jaish are the defending champions.
Following the Syrian Arab Army's successful Kuweires offensive, during the Syrian Civil War, which ended with the securing of the Kuweires Military Airbase on 16 November 2015, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, with the aim of expanding the buffer zone around the airbase and disrupting ISIL supply lines.
The Northern Aleppo offensive refers to a military operation launched northwest of Aleppo in early February 2016 by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies. The offensive successfully broke the three-year Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa, effectively cutting off the main supply route of the Syrian rebels from Turkey.
Rasm Al-Nafl is a Syrian village located in the countryside of Aleppo city, Aleppo Governorate, As-Safira District.
Al-Herafyeen Sports Club is a Syrian football club based in Aleppo. It was founded in 1988. They play their home games at the Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium. Al-Herafyeen will compete in the Syrian Premier League for the first time in the 2017–18 season.
Ommal Aleppo Sports Club is a Syrian football club based in Aleppo. They play their home games at Aleppo 7 April Stadium.
