al-Khafsah

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Al-Khafsah

| native_name = الخفسة

| native_name_lang = ar

| type = Village

| pushpin_map = Syria

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Al-Khafsah in Syria

| coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Aleppo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Manbij

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Al-Khafsah

| parts_type = Control

| parts_style = para

| p1 = {{TUR}}
{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} Syrian Interim Government

| elevation_m =

| population = 5393

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_footnotes = {{#tag:ref|{{cite web |title=2004 Census Data for Nahiya Al-Khafsah|url=http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-28-2004.htm |publisher=Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics |language=ar }} Also available in English: {{cite web |author=UN OCHA |author-link=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |title=2004 Census Data |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/syrian-arab-republic-other-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 |publisher=Humanitarian Data Exchange }}|name=census2004}}

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| website =

}}

Al-Khafsah ({{langx|ar|الخفسة}}), also spelled Khafsa, is a village located {{convert|77|km|sp=us}} east of Aleppo in northern Syria. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 5,393.

File:Al-Khafsah nahiyah.svg of the Manbij District.]]

{{anchor|civilwar}}In June 2016, the village was under control of ISIL.{{cite news |title=عشرات القتلى والجرحى بقصف جوي روسي بريف حلب الشرقي|work=AlAraby |date=28 June 2016|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/عشرات-القتلى-والجرحى-بقصف-جوي-روسي-بريف-حلب-الشرقي}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/09/islamic-state-evacuating-headquarters-syrias-al-bab/|title=Islamic State evacuating headquarters in Syria’s al-Bab|work=ARA News|date=8 September 2016|access-date=2016-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917135653/http://aranews.net/2016/09/islamic-state-evacuating-headquarters-syrias-al-bab/|archive-date=2016-09-17|url-status=dead}} On the evening of 7 March 2017, Khafsa was captured by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/article/syrian-army-captures-water-station-supplying-aleppo-from-islamic-state-20170307-01104|title=Syrian army captures water station supplying Aleppo from Islamic State|date=7 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-isis-villages-surrounded-aleppo-syrian-army-captures-al-khafsah/|title=ISIS villages surrounded in Aleppo as the Syrian Army captures Al-Khafsah|work=Al Masdar News|date=7 March 2017|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621154824/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-isis-villages-surrounded-aleppo-syrian-army-captures-al-khafsah/|url-status=dead}}