• Thumbnail for Al Anbar Governorate
    Al Anbar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of...
    17 KB (1,628 words) - 19:39, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anbar campaign (2003–2011)
    Iraqi governorate of Al Anbar. The Iraq War lasted from 2003 to 2011, but the majority of the fighting and counterinsurgency campaign in Anbar took place...
    200 KB (20,938 words) - 16:03, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anbar (town)
    Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار, romanized: al-Anbār, Syriac: ܐܢܒܐܪ, romanized: Anbar) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq. It played a role in the...
    13 KB (1,558 words) - 14:26, 3 March 2024
  • Al-Asad Airbase (IATA: IQA, ICAO: ORAA) is an Iraqi airbase located in al-Anbar Governorate of western Iraq. It was originally known as Qadisiyah Airbase...
    38 KB (3,480 words) - 03:17, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Governorates of Iraq
    families' homes. Another proposal exists to add a 19th governorate: Fallujah, from part of the Al Anbar. This largely did not occur due to the ISIS insurgency...
    25 KB (1,329 words) - 04:29, 19 June 2024
  • Omar al-Baghdadi was born Hamid Dawud Mohamed Khalil al-Zawi in 1959 in the village of Al-Zawiyah,[citation needed]close to Haditha in Al-Anbar Governorate...
    21 KB (1,988 words) - 23:43, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2005 Al Anbar governorate council election
    The election for the governorate council of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate were held on January 30, 2005, the same date as the Iraqi legislative election...
    4 KB (142 words) - 13:20, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ali Hatem al-Suleiman
    tribal leader (sheikh). He is the sheikh of the Dulaim tribe, in Al Anbar Governorate.[failed verification] Ali was born in Baghdad in 1971. His father...
    8 KB (851 words) - 22:47, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fallujah
    Fallujah (redirect from Al Fallujah)
    Fallujah (Arabic: ٱلْفَلُّوجَة al-Fallūjah [el.fɐl.ˈluː.dʒɐ]) is a city in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Situated on the Euphrates River, it is located roughly...
    48 KB (4,589 words) - 17:00, 7 June 2024
  • sources. Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi, born Nour Karim al-Mutni, he belonged to the Albu 'Ubayd tribe of Rawa in western al Anbar Governorate and grew up there...
    29 KB (3,002 words) - 15:24, 12 June 2024
  • The Al Anbar Governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk...
    12 KB (1,009 words) - 00:08, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ramadi
    Ramadi (redirect from Ramadi, Al Anbar)
    largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which touches on Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The city extends along the Euphrates which bisects Al Anbar. Founded by...
    24 KB (2,516 words) - 20:10, 23 May 2024
  • within Al Anbar Governorate and Karbala Governorate. It runs for roughly 250 kilometres (160 mi), from Iraqi-Saudi border (near Arar) in Al Anbar Governorate...
    5 KB (679 words) - 02:31, 17 December 2021
  • Thumbnail for Ar-Rutba District
    Ar-Rutba District (category Districts of Al Anbar Governorate)
    Al Anbar Governorate also the largest in the entirety of Iraq, covering 93,445 km2, and the least populated in relative and absolute terms in Anbar Governorate...
    2 KB (101 words) - 05:15, 19 April 2024
  • The Al Anbar governorate election of 2013 was held on 20 June 2013 alongside elections for Nineveh. Whilst elections for 13 of Iraq's 18 governorates were...
    10 KB (628 words) - 00:09, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anbar campaign (2013–2014)
    of the anti-government protests. This incident led to violence in Al Anbar Governorate between the Iraqi Army and a loose alliance of tribal militias and...
    53 KB (4,616 words) - 20:49, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election
    open list form of party-list proportional representation, using the governorates as the constituencies, is the electoral system used. The counting system...
    53 KB (783 words) - 00:11, 16 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sunni Islam in Iraq
    Sunni Triangle, Upper Mesopotamia and the desert areas, such as Al-Anbar Governorate in the Arabian Desert and Syrian Desert. The Sunni Kurds inhabit...
    8 KB (900 words) - 00:07, 6 June 2024
  • Al-Qa'im District (Arabic: قضاء القائم) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, on the border with Syria. It is centred on the town of Al-Qa'im. The...
    2 KB (69 words) - 18:18, 30 May 2024
  • located in the Al Anbar Governorate. It has a population of about 74,100 and it's the center of the Al-Qa'im District. The river water at Al-Qa'im carries...
    13 KB (1,363 words) - 21:57, 5 April 2024
  • Island, Euphrates (Al Anbar Governorate) Hajjam Island Jubbah Island, Euphrates (Al Anbar Governorate) Om al-Babi Island, Shatt al-Arab Om al-Khanazeer Island...
    896 bytes (74 words) - 14:59, 14 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abu Kamal
    Abu Kamal (redirect from Al-bu-Kamal)
    the south-east is the Al-Qa'im border crossing to the town of Husaybah in the Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate. When part of the Ottoman...
    20 KB (1,691 words) - 16:54, 17 May 2024
  • Ramadi District (category Districts of Al Anbar Governorate)
    district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Ramadi. Ramadi (400,000) Sajariyah (20,000) Hamariyah (15,000) Husaibah Al Sharqiah...
    2 KB (38 words) - 00:03, 7 February 2022
  • name): University of Anbar / College of Medicine, Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq University of Babylon / College of Medicine, Babil Governorate, Iraq University...
    4 KB (401 words) - 13:16, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Haditha
    Haditha (category Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate)
    Haditha (Arabic: حَدِيثَةٌ, al-Ḥadīthah) is a town in the Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km (150 mi) northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated...
    17 KB (1,704 words) - 20:58, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Operation Sayeed
    Operation Sayeed (category Military operations of the Anbar campaign (2003–2011))
    Hunter in English, was a series of operations conducted in western Al Anbar Governorate by the United States Marine Corps in 2005. It was an umbrella operation...
    28 KB (3,323 words) - 11:12, 11 March 2024
  • or al-Bu Nimr (Arabic: البو نمر or البونمر) is a Sunni Arab tribe (عشيرة ashirah) of some 500,000 people living in the area of Ramadi in Al Anbar Governorate...
    5 KB (518 words) - 18:08, 4 May 2024
  • Fallujah District (category Districts of Al Anbar Governorate)
    district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the city of Fallujah. Fallujah (pop. 350,000) Saqulauiah Amiriyah Fallujah Al Karmah Al Enaimih Habbaniyah...
    2 KB (43 words) - 00:53, 20 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Mohamed Al-Halbousi
    al-Dulaimi, who had sued Halbousi claiming that he had forged Dulaimi's signature on a resignation letter. He was previously the governor of Al Anbar...
    10 KB (777 words) - 18:15, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Districts of Iraq
    capital. The districts are listed below, by governorate (with capital in parentheses): Al-Qa'im District (Al-Qa'im) Ar-Rutba District (Ar-Rutba) Anah District...
    8 KB (585 words) - 13:40, 14 June 2024