Country Syria District Azaz Elevation 510 m (1,670 ft) | Governorate Aleppo Subdistrict Sawran Population (2004) 820 | |
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Zayzafun (Arabic: الزيزفون, Zayzafūn), or İğde (Turkish: İğde, Arabic: إغدة, Īkhdah), also known as Ikadah (Arabic: ايكدة, Īkidah) which may be alternatively spelled Aykadah or Ekdeh, is a village in the northern Aleppo countryside, Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located on the Queiq Plain, between Azaz and Çobanbey (al-Rai), the village is some 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Aleppo, and just 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis.
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Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Kafr Ghan 2 km (1.2 mi) to the south and Hawar Kilis 3 km (1.9 mi) to the east. In the 2004 census, Zayzafun had a population of 820.
Syrian Civil War
In the Syrian Civil War, the Ikadah IDP Camp, located 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the village at the border to Turkey, offered shelter to internally displaced persons (IDPs), mostly from the subdistricts of Azaz, Nubl, Tell Rifaat and Mare'. In April 2016, the Ikadah camp was filled with 7,763 IDPs, when an imminent ISIL counter-offensive prompted a complete evacuation of the Ikadah camp and neighboring camps near Shamarin and Harjala. On April 14, rebels retreated from Zayzafun and the neighboring villages down to Kafr Ghan and Baraghida, leaving the remaining rebel forces around Dudyan surrounded by ISIL.