Albu Bali is a village in
Iraq
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, which is located in the
Al Anbar Governorate north west of the city of
Fallujah and east of
Ramadi
Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''Ar-Ramādī''; also formerly rendered as ''Rumadiyah'' or ''Rumadiya'') is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate w ...
, on a loop of the river
Euphrates
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. 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
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, 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
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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 by Iraqi Army in the Khalidiya Island.
References
Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate
Populated places on the Euphrates River
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