Jirah Military Airbase

Airport

Jirah Air Base

Location in Syria

Jirah Military Airbase (sometimes spelled al-Jarrah) is a small Syrian airbase of the Syrian Arab Air Force. After surrounding the airbase in the middle of January 2013,^[1] the base was captured by opposition fighters from Ahrar al-Sham and the Free Syrian Army on 12 February.^[2]^[3] It fell under ISIL control in January 2014.^[4] On 9 March 2017 the Syrian Army launched an assault to recapture the airbase.^[5] On 12 May 2017, the SAA recaptured the airbase from ISIS in the Maskanah Plains offensive and had it fully secured by 29 May.^[6] It was reopened in January 2023. A Syrian Air Defense Force unit is stationed there.

References

^ "The FSA surrounding al Jarrah Military Airport". FNN Syria News. 19 January 2013.
^ "FSA captures Syrian regime's military airport near Aleppo". Al Arabiya. 13 February 2013.
^ "Rebels Overrun Military Airport in North Syria". Naharnet. Agence France Presse. 12 February 2013.
^ "IS 'loses key' Aleppo water station to army forces". BBC News. 7 March 2017.
^ "Syrian Army storms strategic airport in east Aleppo". Al-Masdar News. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^ Aboufadel, Leith (May 29, 2017). "Breaking: ISIL's last pocket near strategic airbase falls to Syrian Army in east Aleppo".