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Khalidiya Island
Khalidiya Island (Arabic: جزيرة الخالدية ''Jazīrat al-Khāldiyat, Jazirah al-Khaldiyah, Jazeera Khaldiya, Jazirah al-Khalidiyah, Khalediya Island'') is a river peninsula and populated area in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. Geography Khalidiya Island is located in a loop and on the northern banks of river Euphrates. It is situated north west of Habbaniyah, west of the villages of Malahameh and Malahma, east of Albu Bali and to the north east of the town of Khalidiya, after which it is named. In the north west the village of Baarayn is located. There are further villages within the Khalidiya Island area. History During Anbar offensive, the Iraqi army and its allies started to liberate the area from ISIL in March 2016, after there had been fighting in the area before in January and February. Because there was still resistance in the area, the army started a new offensive on 25 May 2016.
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Al Anbar Governorate
Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population is mostly Sunni Muslims. The provincial capital is Ramadi; other important cities include Fallujah and Al-Qa'im. The governorate was known as Ramadi up to 1976 when it was renamed Al Anbar Province, and it was known as Dulaim before 1962. A large majority of the inhabitants of the province are Sunni Muslims and most belong to the Dulaim tribe, all of which speak Arabic. In early 2014, the Islamic State, with the assistance of some local Sunni militias, launched a successful campaign to seize control of the province from the Iraqi government. Numerous offensive actions were undertaken by the Iraqi government, with the assistance of local Sunni tribes to remove ISIL's occupation of the province, especial ...
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Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to Iraq–Jordan border, the southwest and Syria to Iraq–Syria border, the west. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Iraqi Arabs, Kurds, Iraqi Turkmen, Turkmens, Assyrian people, Assyrians, Armenians in Iraq, Armenians, Yazidis, Mandaeans, Iranians in Iraq, Persians and Shabaks, Shabakis with similarly diverse Geography of Iraq, geography and Wildlife of Iraq, wildlife. The vast majority of the country's 44 million residents are Muslims – the notable other faiths are Christianity in Iraq, Christianity, Yazidism, Mandaeism, Yarsanism and Zoroastrianism. The official langu ...
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Euphrates
The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers''). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf. Etymology The Ancient Greek form ''Euphrátēs'' ( grc, Εὐφράτης, as if from Greek εὖ "good" and φράζω "I announce or declare") was adapted from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 ''Ufrātu'', itself from Elamite language, Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 ''ú-ip-ra-tu-iš''. The Elamite name is ultimately derived from a name spelt in cuneiform as 𒌓𒄒𒉣 , which read as Sumerian language, Sumerian is "Buranuna" and read as Akkadian language, Akkadian is "Purattu"; many cuneiform signs have a Sumerian pronunciation and an Akkadian pronunciation, taken from a Sumerian word a ...
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Habbaniyah
Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya ( ar, ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة, ''al-Ḥabbānīyah'') is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during World War II. Lake Habbaniyah is also nearby. History On 25 May 1941, Second Battalion of the Fourth Gurkha Rifles (2/4 GR), forming part of 10 Indian Infantry Division, was airlifted to reinforce and secure Habbaniyah, which was a Royal Air Force airfield under threat from Iraqi ground troops and the German Luftwaffe, located in Mosul, and Baghdad. It has 74,217 citizens. Assyrians from Naqadeh and Urmia, Iran, settled to the city in the early 20th century after Sayfo The Sayfo or the Seyfo (; see below), also known as the Assyrian genocide, was the mass slaughter and deportation of Assyrian / Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan province by Ottoman forces and some Kurdish t .... Climate Referen ...
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Malahameh
Malahameh is a village in Iraq, which is located in the Al Anbar Governorate north west of the city of Fallujah, north of Habbaniyah and river Euphrates, and north west of Albu Shejel.Malahameh
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West of Malahameh lies
Khalidiya Island Khalidiya Island (Arabic: جزيرة الخالدية ''Jazīrat al-Khāldiyat, Jazirah al-Khaldiyah, Jazeera Khaldiya, Jazirah al-Khalidiyah, Khalediya Island'') is a river peninsula and populated area in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. Geogr ...
. It is not to be confused with Malahma, which is located south of Malahameh.


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Malahma
Malahma (also: ''al-Malahma'') is a village in Iraq, which is located in the Al Anbar Governorate north west of the city of Fallujah, north of Habbaniyah and river Euphrates, and west of Albu Shejel.Malahma
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West of Malahma lies . It is not to be confused with , which is located north of Malahma. In March 2004, five U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Malahma during the

Albu Bali
Albu Bali is a village in Iraq, which is located in the Al Anbar Governorate north west of the city of Fallujah and east of Ramadi, on a loop of the river Euphrates. The surrounding area is referred to as ''Albu Bali area''. To the east lies Khalidiya Island, to the south the village of Albu Nasir. To the west lies Albu Ubeid. During the Iraq War, in 2007, Operation Forsythe Park was carried out in the area. In 2016, during the Anbar offensive, there was intense fighting in the area between the Iraqi army and ISIL An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ... militants. On 4 June, it was reported that 14 ISIL militants were killed and eight booby-trapped vehicles destroyed in the wasteland north of the area. The village was recaptured by August 2016 during an offensive b ...
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Al-Khalidiya, Iraq
Al-Khaldiya ( ar, الخالدية, also ''Al-Khalidiya, Khalidiya, Khalediya'') is a city in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq on the southern banks of river Euphrates. It was founded in 1969 as a settlement for Assyrian Christian families who were displaced as a result of the closure of RAF Habbaniya Royal Air Force Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya ( ar, قاعدة الحبانية الجوية), (originally RAF Dhibban), was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniyah, about west of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, on the banks of the E ..., though it is now predominantly populated by Sunni Arabs. North of Al-Khaldiya, on the northern banks of Euphrates river, the peninsula of Khalidiya Island is located. Al-Khalidiya was captured by ISIL in 2014. Although the city was recaptured by Iraqi security forces, only four buildings remained after intense fighting. References 1969 establishments in Iraq Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate Populated places on the E ...
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Anbar Campaign (2015–16)
Anbar may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Iraq * Anbar (town), near Iraqi capital Baghdad * Al Anbar Governorate, a province of Iraq Elsewhere * Anbar, Iran (other) * Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan * Anbar, Kocaköy Other uses * Electricity, in ''His Dark Materials'', by Philip Pullman; see ''His Dark Materials'' terminology See also * Anwar (other) Anwar may refer to: * Anwar (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Anwar (singer) (born 1949), an Indian playback singer * ''Anwar'' (2007 film), a 2007 Hindi film * ''Anwar'' (2010 film), a 201 ...
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Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ''dawlah islāmiyyah'' ( ar, دولة إسلامية) it refers to a modern notion associated with political Islam (Islamism). Notable examples of historical Islamic states include the State of Medina, established by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the Arab Caliphate which continued under his successors and the Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyads. The concept of the modern Islamic state has been articulated and promoted by ideologues such as Rashid Rida, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Mullah Omar, Mohammed Omar, Abul A'la Maududi, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Israr Ahmed, Sayyid Qutb and Hassan al-Banna. Implementation of Islamic law plays an important role in modern theories of the Islamic state, as it did in classical Islami ...
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Ministry Of Interior (Iraq)
The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is the government body charged with overseeing policing and border control in Iraq. The MOI comprises several agencies, including the Iraqi Police, Highway Patrol, Traffic Department, Emergency Response Unit, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, and Department of Border Enforcement. Following passage of the Facilities Protection Service Reform Law, the Ministry absorbed FPS personnel previously spread among other ministries.“Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq,” March 2008 Report to Congress in accordance with the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2008 (Section 9010, Public Law 109-289). The MOI has approximately 380,430 employees, and the Ministry of Finance approved US$3.8 billion for its 2008 budget, representing a 21% growth over the previous year. Under President Saddam Hussein, the ministry performed a wide range of functions, including keeping Iraq free of Hussein's enemies and others deemed "undesirable." When U.S.-led Coalition ...
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