Khan al Baghdadi

Khan al Baghdadi
Khan al Baghdadi
Coordinates: 33°51′9″N42°32′51″E / 33.85250°N 42.54750°E / 33.85250; 42.54750
Country	Iraq
Province	Al-Anbar
Population  (2008)
• Total	5,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (GMT+3)
Postal code	31014

Khan al-Baghdadi (Arabic: خان البغداديḪān al-Baġdādī) or al-Baghdadi is an Iraqi city on the Euphrates River in al-Anbar province (Hīt District). Its inhabitants are mostly SunniArabs.

It is the closest village to the U.S. Military's Al Asad Airbase, (formerly known as Qadisiyah Airbase under Saddam Hussein's rule). It was the site of a major battle with the Islamic State in February 2015. IS captured most of the town by 14 February 2015.^[1] On 6 March 2015, Iraqi forces managed to recapture the town from IS.^[2]

33°51′N42°33′E / 33.850°N 42.550°E / 33.850; 42.550

References

1. "ISIS is now dangerously close to a base where US Marines are training Iraqi soldiers". Business Insider.
2. "Iraqi forces retake key town of Al-Baghdadi from ISIL".