Siege of Aleppo (637)

Siege of Aleppo.
	Part of the Muslim conquest of Syria; (Arab–Byzantine wars)
	; Aleppo citadel
Date	August–October 637 AD
Location	Aleppo, Byzantine Syria
Result	Rashidun Caliphate victory; Aleppo captured by Caliphate
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate	Byzantine Empire; Ghassanids
Commanders and leaders
Khalid ibn al-Walid; Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah	Joachim
Strength
17,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Minimal	Unknown but more than Muslims

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The siege of Aleppo, the Byzantine stronghold and one of few remaining Byzantine castles in the northern Levant after the decisive Battle of Yarmouk, was laid between August and October 637.

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