Kuweires Military Airbase

Kuweires Air Base
IATA: noneICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Owner Syrian Armed Forces
Operator Syrian Air Force
Location Kuweires Sharqi, Aleppo Governorate
In use Unknown-present
Coordinates 36°11′13″N 037°34′59″E / 36.18694°N 37.58306°E / 36.18694; 37.58306Coordinates: 36°11′13″N 037°34′59″E / 36.18694°N 37.58306°E / 36.18694; 37.58306
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Kuweires Air Base

Location in Syria

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
00/00 8,300 (est.) 2,500 (est.) Concrete

The Kuweires Military Airbase is an airbase in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. It is situated to the northeast of Kuweires Sharqi, 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. Only 300 out of 1,100 soldiers survived the siege of the airbase.[2]

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