Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya ( ar, ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة, ''al-Ḥabbānīyah'') is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in
Al-Anbar Province
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 ...
, in central
Iraq. A military airfield,
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 ...
, 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.
Climate
References
Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate
Populated places on the Euphrates River
Assyrian communities in Iraq
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