Malahma (also: ''al-Malahma'') is a village in
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 ...
, which is located in the
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, ...
north west of the city of
Fallujah
Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...
, north of
Habbaniyah and river
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'') ...
, and west of
Albu Shejel.
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wikimapia.org West of Malahma 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.
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It is not to be confused with
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. , which is located north of Malahma.
In March 2004, five U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Malahma during the
Iraq War
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In September 2015, 20
ISIL fighters were killed by coalition bombardment in the Malahma area.
40 ISIS militants killed, wounded in Iraqi airstrike in Anbar
Iraqinews.com
References
Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate
Populated places on the Euphrates River
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