Kaftin (, also spelled
Keftin or
Kaftayn) is a village in northern
Syria, administratively part of the
Idlib Governorate, located northwest of
Idlib. The village is situated at the southern approach of the
A'la Mountain. Nearby localities include
Killi to the north,
Hizano to the east, Kafr Yahmul to the southeast,
Maarrat al-Ikhwan to the south,
Haranabush to the southwest and
Qurqania to the northwest. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kaftin had a population of 2,346 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly members of the
Druze community, one of the few Druze villages situated in northern Syria. Kaftin's inhabitants work primarily in agriculture and cultivate olives and
cumin.