Al-Khafsah ( ar, الخفسة), also spelled Khafsa, is a village located east of
Aleppo in northern
Syria. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 5,393.
In June 2016, the village was under control of
ISIL
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
. 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. On the evening of 7 March 2017, Khafsa was captured by the
Syrian Arab Army
" (''Guardians of the Homeland'')
, colors = * Service uniform: Khaki, Olive
* Combat uniform: Green, Black, Khaki
, anniversaries = August 1st
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, battles = 1948 Arab–Israeli War
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(SAA).
References
{{Aleppo Governorate, Manbij
Populated places in Manbij District
Towns in Aleppo Governorate