Dhuluʿiya ( ar, translit=aḍ-Ḍulūʿīyah, الضلوعية) is a town in
Salah ad-Din Governorate
The Saladin or Salah Al-Din Governorate ( ar, محافظة صلاح الدين) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of , with an estimated population of 1,042,200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with t ...
,
Iraq situated on the left bank of the
Tigris, near the mouth of the
ʿAdhaim
The ʿAdhaim (العظيم) is a river that originates in the Zagros Mountains in Sulaymaniyah Governorate and joins the Tigris river after at , some downstream (east-to-southeast) of Samarra.
Its basin extends to . The river is fed by rainwat ...
, some east of
Samarra
Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional army ...
and north of
Baghdad.
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The population is predominantly
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...
Arab of the
Jubur tribe.
History
Sa'ad Al-Izzi of ''
The New York Times'' reported in 2003 that many people in the town had a negative attitude towards the
American military occupation and a positive reception towards
Saddam Hussein, opposing the
U.S. invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
.
Sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shia occurred in 2004–2007. However, in 2009 Al-Izzi stated that the town was peaceful when he visited.
The town was partially taken by the
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant during their
June 2014 offensive. In December 2014, it was retaken by tribal fighters, the Iraqi army, and the
Popular Mobilization units
The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) ( ar, الحشد الشعبي ''al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī''), also known as the People's Mobilization Committee (PMC) and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization ...
in the
Dhuluiya offensive
The Dhuluiya offensive was launched on 28 December 2014 by Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia militiamen on the strategic town of Dhuluiya ( ar, الضلوعية), which had been held by ISIL for months. On 30 December, the area wa ...
.
References
Populated places in Saladin Governorate
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