Branch 291 (General Intelligence, Aleppo)

Branch 291 of Syria's General Intelligence Directorate, based in Aleppo, was the primary intelligence detention facility for Syria's second city and its surrounding region. After 2011 it processed thousands of detainees from the Aleppo uprising and subsequent battle. Documented practices mirror those at Branch 251 in Damascus — overcrowding, systematic torture, deaths in custody, enforced disappearance. The Aleppo branches of all four intelligence agencies operated simultaneously, creating a complex and interlocking detention system.

Notable Events

• ▸Mass detentions during Aleppo uprising 2011–2012
• ▸Operations during four-year Battle of Aleppo
• ▸Liberation November 2024

Known Officials

• ◆Various General Intelligence officials