As Saqlāwīyah ( ar, الصقلاوية, aṣ-Ṣaqlāwīyah) is a city in
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, ...
, in central
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 ...
. It is located roughly 5 miles (8 km) northwest 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 ...
.
Saqlawiyah is a rural city in between
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 Wor ...
and Fallujah that sits on the major freeway. The city was named after an Arabian Mare of the Saqlawiyah strain of the
Shammar
The tribe of Shammar ( ar, شَمَّر, Šammar) is a tribal Arab Qahtan confederation, descended from the Yemeni tribe of Tayy as they originated in Yemen before migrating into present day Saudi Arabia, It is the biggest branch of Tayy tribe. I ...
Zawba clan. Due to the canal network that runs through the area, agriculture is an import identity to Saqlawiyans. Due to its proximity to the major freeway, there are many shops along the road that cater to the transient crowds.
ISIL control and recapture
Saqlawiyah came under
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 ...
control in September 2014 during the
Siege of Saqlawiyah
The siege of Saqlawiyah was a siege of the town of Saqlawiyah (north of Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad) by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) during the War in Iraq (2013–2017), War in Iraq of 2013 to 2017.
Events
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, as several hundred Iraqi soldiers were killed.
In 2016, during the
Siege of Fallujah and
Operation Breaking Terrorism, 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 29 May, Iraqi troops seized a key bridge between nearby village of
Zaghareed
Zaghareed (also: ''Zigareid, Zagharid, al-Zagharid'') is a village in Iraq, which is located in the Al Anbar Governorate north of the city of Fallujah, between the town of Saqlawiyah and the villages of Shiha, Iraq, Shiha and Albu Sudayra.
In 201 ...
and Saqlawiyah in order to facilitate the entry of the security forces from the international highway road into the center of Saqlawiyah.
On 4 June, Iraqi forces captured the town of Saqlawiyah, conducting searches for numerous IEDs left by ISIL. All ISIL militants on board of a raft were killed as they were trying to escape on Euphrates River.
See also
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2016 Saqlawiyah massacre
Gallery
File:USMC-01161.jpg, As Saqlāwīyah in 2005
File:Şaqlāwīyah Housing. - panoramio.jpg, Housing on the outskirts of As Saqlāwīyah
File:US Navy 070428-M-2819S-019 An Iraqi girl watches as Marines with 2nd squad, 2nd platoon, pass on patrol.jpg, An Iraqi girl holding Lavash
Lavash ( hy, լավաշ) is a thin flatbread usually leavened, traditionally baked in a tandoor (''tonir'') or on a ''sajj'', and common to the cuisines of South Caucasus, Western Asia, and the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea. Lavash is one ...
References
Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate
Populated places on the Euphrates River
Populated places along the Silk Road
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