Kafr Saghir ( ar, كفر صغير,

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: ''Kefêr Sixîrê'', also written ''Kafr as Saghir'', ''Kafr Şaghīr'', ''Kafr as Safir'' or literally ''Little Kafr'') is a village in northern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, administratively part of the

Mount Simeon District Mount Simeon District ( ar-at, منطقة جبل سمعان, mantiqah, manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān), also known as ''Jabal Sem`an'', is a Districts of Syria, district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of ...

of the

Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the ...

, just northwest of

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

. Nearby localities include

Ratyan Ratyan ( ar, رتيان) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Mayer, Syria, Mayer to the northwest, Al-Zahraa and Bayanoun to the we ...

Bayanoun Bayanoun ( ar, بيانون) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Al-Zahraa Al-Zahraa ( ar, الزهراء, az-Zahrāʾ) is a town ...

and Mayer to the north, Anadan,

Huraytan Haritan ( ar, حريتان, Ḥuraytān, also spelled Huraytan or Hreitan) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Mount Simeon District of the Aleppo Governorate, just northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Ratyan, B ...

to the west,

Kafr Hamrah Kafr Hamrah ( ar, كفر حمرة, also spelled Kfar Hamra) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, in the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo. Nearby localities include ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") center Huraytan ...

to the south and Shaykh Najjar to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Saghir had a population of 3,130 in the 2004 census. Kafr Saghir has a largely

population.

Syrian civil war

During 2013 Kafr Saghir received in influx of Kurds from nearby

Tell Aran Tell Aran ( ar, تل عرن; also spelled, Tell Arn; ancient Arne) is a Kurdish-majority town in northern Syria, administratively part of the al-Safira District of the Aleppo Governorate, located southeast of Aleppo close to Sabkhat al-Jabbul. Near ...

and Tal Hasel. On 3 July 2014 during

Operation Canopus Star Operation Canopus Star ( ar, عملية نجم سهيل) was an operation launched by the Syrian Army, supported by Hezbollah and other allied militias, during the Syrian Civil War, following a successful offensive which re-established the mil ...

, the Syrian military with help from Republican Guards and Hezbollah captured Kafr Saghir from opposition forces. On 20 March 2016,

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 ...

killed more than 20 Kurdish and Arab civilians in the eastern Aleppo town of Kafr Saghir. By 22 March, however, the Syrian Army managed to repel the ISIL offensive and regain control over the villages. After ISIL was driven from Kafr Saghir by the

Syrian Armed Forces The Syrian Arab Armed Forces ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) are the military forces of the Syrian Arab Re ...

and the

Syrian Democratic Forces , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svgborder , caption = Flag , active = 10 October 2015 – present , ideology = DemocracyDecentralizationSecularism ...

, a new, local militia named the " Kafr Saghir Martyrs Brigade" was formed by the two to protect the area. This unit later joined the Syrian National Resistance.

References

Populated places in Mount Simeon District Towns in Syria {{AleppoSY-geo-stub