Its residential area has Aleppo's classical buildings, which were built with white stones.

It is surrounded by Al-Zahraa neighbourhood (North), Al-Furqan neighbourhood (East), Al-Hamdaniyah neighbourhood (South), and Al-Rashideen town (West) It was called New Aleppo because it is the latest -at the time- neighborhood that was built in the city, and its buildings have a lot of differences from those in other neighborhoods.

Construction of the neighborhood began in the 1980s, but it was not a real suburb because the first buildings were outside the city.

On 29 November 2024, HTS rebels captured the neighborhood from the Syrian Army.

Parks the neighbourhood is known to be one of the greenest and most modern in the city There are two supermarkets: There are more than 40 shops such as: Hospitals the neighbourhood houses many private hospitals Bread Bakeries there are 3 main bread bakeries