Al-Khafsah (), also spelled Khafsa, is a village located east of

Aleppo Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...

in northern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 5,393. Al-Khafsah nahiyah

In June 2016, the village was under control of ISIL. On 8 September 2016, ISIL evacuated its headquarters in

al-Bab Al-Bab ( / ALA-LC: ''al-Bāb'') is a Syrian city, administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. Al-Bab is located northeast of Aleppo, south of the Turkish border, and has an area of . Al-Bab has an altitude of . According to the Cen ...

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 (SAA).

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