Kafr Ein, Idlib ( ar, كفر عين) is a
Syrian village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
located in
Khan Shaykhun Nahiyah
Khan Shaykhun Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية خان شيخون) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District
Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) ...
in
Maarrat al-Nu'man District
Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Maarat al-Numan. At the 2004 census, ...
,
Idlib. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Ein, Idlib had a population of 1234 in the 2004 census.
History
During the
Syrian Civil War, in 2012 the village was captured from the
Syrian government by
rebel fighters. On 11 June 2019, the village was struck by
Syrian Air Force
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jet warplanes, killing 5 civilians. On 8 July 2019, an open area outside village was struck by a Syrian Air Force bomb, narrowly missing several men.
On 13 August, the Syrian army captured the village of Kafr ‘Ayn.
References
Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District
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