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Kafra (Arabic: كفرا), [2] is a municipality in Nabatiye Governorate, in the Bint Jbeil District of southern Lebanon, about 101 kilometres (63 mi) from Beirut. The village is located in the south-western outskirts of the town of Tebnine , in the heart of the Lebanese Shia Muslim community of Jabal Amel .
As of 2010, the village had 7,000 year round residents and its population rose to 9,000 during the summer months. At least 2,500 villagers had been displaced to other parts of Lebanon by the 2006 Lebanon War and another 500 had migrated abroad.
Kafr Saghir is a small village with a predominantly Shi'a population, making it a target during ISIS's broader campaign of sectarian violence in Syria. The village lies near the strategic city of Aleppo, which witnessed intense fighting throughout the Syrian civil war.
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Kafra (Arabic: كفرة, romanized: Kafrah) is a small town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located some 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the city of Aleppo and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Azaz , it administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District .
In 1875 Victor Guérin noted: "Near a little mosque are well-cut stones, the remains of a demolished church, of which there also survive fragments of monolithic columns and several broken capitals, strewing the soil in several places, and especially near the Sheikh's house.' [2] He estimated that the village had 350 to 400 Metawileh inhabitants.
Kafra (Arabic: كفرة), was a Palestinian Arab village located 10.5 kilometres north of Baysan. Built along both sides of the Wadi Kafra, the village had been known by this name since at least the time of the Crusades. [5] It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Palestine War on May 16, 1948. [4]