Al-Ba'aj

Al-Ba'aj
بعاج (Arabic)
Al-Ba'aj
Coordinates: 36°3′N 41°43′E / 36.050°N 41.717°E / 36.050; 41.717Coordinates: 36°3′N 41°43′E / 36.050°N 41.717°E / 36.050; 41.717
Country  Iraq
Governorate Ninawa
District Al-Ba'aj
Occupation Popular Mobilization Forces
Elevation[1] 310 m (1,017 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 13,746
Time zone UTC+3 (AST)

Ba'aj (Arabic: بعاج‎; also spelt Ba'ej) is a small town in the Al-Ba'aj District of Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. The town was under control of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant until June 2017, when Popular Mobilization Forces captured it.[2]

It was mainly populated by Sunni Arabs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?i=1044810&n=Baaj
  2. ↑ "Iraq's Hashd retakes important area on Syria border". Press.tv. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Retaking Sinjar trumps the killing of "Jihadi John"". The Economist. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.