Bassel al-Assad Swimming Complex ( ar, منشأة باسل الأسد للسباحة) is a swimming centre in
Aleppo
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, featuring an indoor
Olympic-size swimming pool with a seating capacity of 1,100 spectators. The complex was opened in 1998, and re-constructed in 2010 at a cost of US$ 10 million.
Facilities
*Indoor Olympic swimming pool.
*Indoor
tennis court.
*Ice-skating hall.
*Bowling saloon.
*2
squash halls.
*Fitness centre.
August 2013 bombing
On 22 August 2013, a suicide bomber belonging to the Syrian armed opposition has targeted a students' gathering in one of the restaurants of the complex. As a result of the bombing, 10 people were killed, including teenage girls and male journalists. More than 20 were seriously wounded.
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References
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Sports venues in Aleppo
Swimming venues in Syria
Sports venues completed in 1998