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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 , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = 1948 Arab–Israeli War Six-D ...
(SAA).


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{{Aleppo Governorate, Manbij Populated places in Manbij District Towns in Aleppo Governorate