title: Khan al-Asal Police Academy
text: # Khan al-Asal Police Academy
  
  36°9′18″N 37°0′39″E﻿ / ﻿36.15500°N 37.01083°E﻿ / 36.15500; 37.01083
  
  The Khan al-Asal Police Academy (Arabic: مدرسة الشرطة), also known as the Aleppo police academy, the Syrian police academy or the Police Academy, is a police educational and training institution in Aleppo, Syria. The academy is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Khan al-Asal.
  
  ## 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.
  
  