Al-Khafsah

Al-Khafsah (Arabic: الخفسة‎), also spelled Khafsa, is a village located 77 kilometers (48 mi) east of Aleppo in northern Syria. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 5,393.[1]

Al-Khafsah is the administrative center of Al-Khafsah Subdistrict of the Manbij District.

Al-Khafsah الخفسة
Village
Al-Khafsah Location of Al-Khafsah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°13′51″N 38°01′18″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Manbij
Subdistrict	Al-Khafsah
Population  (2004)[1]	5,393
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

In June 2016, the village was under control of ISIL.[2] On 8 September 2016, ISIL evacuated its headquarters in al-Bab and moved it to Al Khafsah with dozens of vehicles carrying militants and weapons. This came a day after Turkish-led rebel forces expressed their goal of capturing al-Bab.[3] On the evening of 7 March 2017, Khafsa was captured by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).[4][5]

References

1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Al-Khafsah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
2. "عشرات القتلى والجرحى بقصف جوي روسي بريف حلب الشرقي". AlAraby. 28 June 2016.
3. "Islamic State evacuating headquarters in Syria's al-Bab". ARA News. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
4. "Syrian army captures water station supplying Aleppo from Islamic State". 7 March 2017.
5. "ISIS villages surrounded in Aleppo as the Syrian Army captures Al-Khafsah". Al Masdar News. 7 March 2017.