Editing Aleppo (section)

==Transportation==
{{See also|Transport in Syria}}

===Highways and roads===
The main highway leading to and within the city is the [[M4 Motorway (Syria)|M4 Highway]], which runs in the eastern side of the city from south to north along the [[Queiq River]].<ref name=jordantimes-20200226>{{cite news |url=https://www.jordantimes.com/opinion/michael-jansen/capture-m5-one-most-celebrated-prizes-damascus-campaign-regain-territory |title=Capture of M5 one of the most celebrated prizes in Damascus' campaign to regain territory |last=Jansen |first=Michael |website=The Jordan Times |date=26 February 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |archive-date=27 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227112714/https://www.jordantimes.com/opinion/michael-jansen/capture-m5-one-most-celebrated-prizes-damascus-campaign-regain-territory |url-status=live }}</ref> Driving south on M4 Highway gives access to [[M5 Motorway (Syria)|M5 Highway]] leading to [[Homs]], [[Hama]], and [[Damascus]]. The northern bypass of the city called Castello Road leads through [[Azaz]] to the border with Turkey and further to the city of [[Gaziantep]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=278854 |title=Rehabilitation of Damascus-Aleppo international highway affected by terrorism in Idleb began |publisher=[[Syrian Arab News Agency]] |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=26 July 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024142612/https://sana.sy/en/?p=278854 |url-status=live }}</ref> Driving east on M4 Highway gives access to the coastal road leading to [[Latakia]] and [[Tartus]]. Within the city, main routes include Al Jalaa Street, Shukri Al-Quwatly Street, [[King Faisal Street]], Bab Antakya Street, Ibrahim Hanano Street and Tishreen Boulevard.

===Public transport===
[[File:Microbus Station (1265057959).jpg|250px|thumb|Microbus station in the city center]]
The city of Aleppo is a major transportation hub, served by a comprehensive [[public transport]] network of buses and minibuses. New modern buses are used to connect the city with Damascus and the other Syrian cities to the east and the south of Aleppo. The city is also served by local and inter-city [[share taxis]].

===Railway===
[[File:Aleppo Bagdad Railway Station, cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Aleppo railway station]] (Gare de Baghdad)]]
Aleppo was one of the major stations of Syria that was connected to the [[Baghdad Railway]] in 1912, within the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The connections to Turkey and onwards to [[Ankara]] still exist today, with a twice weekly train from Damascus. It is perhaps for this historical reason that Aleppo is the headquarters of Syria national railway network, [[Chemins de Fer Syriens]]. As the railway is relatively slow, much of the passenger traffic to the port of [[Latakia]] had moved to road-based air-conditioned coaches. But this has reversed in recent years with the 2005 introduction of South Korean built [[Diesel multiple unit|DMUs]] providing a regular bi-hourly express service to both Latakia and Damascus, which miss intermediate stations.

However, after the break-out of the civil war in 2011, the Syrian railway network has suffered major damage and is partially out of use. Reconstruction of the Damascus-Aleppo railway line was started in 2020, after its completion and securing rail transport will be resumed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=186448 |title=General Establishment of Railways: Aleppo-Damascus railway to be put into service in May |publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency |author=Hybah Sleman / Hazem Sabbagh |date=24 February 2020 |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202092043/https://sana.sy/en/?p=186448 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The opening scene in [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' takes place on the railway station in Aleppo: "It was five o'clock on a winter's morning in Syria. Alongside the platform at Aleppo stood the train grandly designated in railway guides as the Taurus Express."

===Airport===
[[File:Aleppo (2) cropped.jpg|thumb|upright 1.2|[[Aleppo International Airport]]]]
[[Aleppo International Airport]] ([[IATA]]: ALP, [[ICAO]]: OSAP) is the international airport serving the city. The airport serves as a secondary hub for [[Syrian Air]]. The history of the airport dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. It was upgraded and developed in the years to 1999 when the new current terminal was opened.<ref>Aleppo Int. Airport [http://www.terezia.org/section.php?id=1823 Historical Overview] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009230825/http://www.terezia.org/section.php?id=1823 |date=9 October 2017 }}</ref>

The airport was closed since the beginning of 2013 as a result of the military operations in the area. However, following the Syrian government's recapture of eastern Aleppo during the [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–16)|Battle of Aleppo]], an airplane conducted its first flight from the airport in four years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/first-airplane-takes-off-aleppo-international-airport-4-years/ |title=First airplane takes off from Aleppo International Airport in 4 years |access-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106151817/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/first-airplane-takes-off-aleppo-international-airport-4-years/ |archive-date=6 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>