Al-Amiriyah ( ar, العامرية ''al-ʻāmiriyyah'') or Amiriyah Fallujah, also Ameriyah, Amiriyyah, Ameriya, Amiriyat, Ameriyat and the like, is a city in the
Fallujah District
Fallujah ( ar, قضاء الفلوجة) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the city of Fallujah.
Cities
*Fallujah (pop. 350,000)
*Saqulauiah
*Amiriyah Fallujah
* Al Karmah
* Al Enaimih
*Habbaniyah (pop. 80,000)
* Al ...
of
Al Anbar province, about 30 km (18 mi) south 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 ...
, in Iraq, with a population of 24,000 as of 2018. Amiriyah residents belong mostly to the Albu Issa subtribe, part of the
Dulaim tribe
Dulaim or Dulaimi or Al Duliam or Dulaym ( ar, الدليم) is an Arab royal tribe, with over seven million members. The tribe's history goes back to pre-Islamic times and members reside today in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Syria, ...
.
The city was named Amiriyah Fallujah after the
American occupation of Iraq because it hosts a large number of
displaced persons from the city of Fallujah. As of June 2019, the total population of all 31 of the displaced persons camps of Amiriyah Fallujah was 11,661 according to UN estimates.
During the lead up to the
Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
in 1990, several Western hostages were held as a
human shield
A human shield is a non-combatant (or a group of non-combatants) who either volunteers or is forced to shield a legitimate military target in order to deter the enemy from attacking it. The use of human shields as a resistance measure was popula ...
at a suspected ammunition factory in the area from September 1990 until their release 6 December 1990. These included a crew member from
British Airways Flight 149. Nationals of Britain, Japan and France were held on the site. Only the British were detained until December, the French and Japanese being released in October and November 1990 respectively.
The nature of their internment makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact location, but they were told by their Iraqi minders that they were at "a factory in Amiriyah"
During the
Iraq War
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, the city witnessed violent clashes such as those seen in the cities of Fallujah and
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 whi ...
, as well as explosions and
car bombs with
chlorine
Chlorine is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Cl and atomic number 17. The second-lightest of the halogens, it appears between fluorine and bromine in the periodic table and its properties are mostly intermediate betwee ...
attacks, but by 2007 the
Anbar police had taken control over the city.
In 2016, during the
Siege of Fallujah
The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an operation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contractors in March 2004.
The chief cat ...
, there was intense fighting in the area between the Iraqi army and
ISIL militants. Several suicide attacks by ISIL were also reported.
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References
Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate
Populated places on the Euphrates River
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