Al-Sadiyah

Al-Sadiyah or As-Sadiyah (Arabic: السعدية‎, romanized: Al-Sadiyah;[1] Kurdish: Sedîye ,سەعدیە‎[2][3]) is a town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is located near the Diyala River 8 km south of Jalawla. Kurds constituted 50% of the town in the 1947 census[4] and the town is part of the Disputed areas of North Iraq.[5]

السعدية
السعدية
Coordinates: 34°11′26.0″N 45°07′14.8″E
Country Iraq
GovernorateDiyala
MunicipalityKhanaqin District

Background

In the early hours of 13 June, ISIL seized two towns in Diyala Province, after security forces abandoned their posts in Al-Sadiyah and Jalawla. Several villages around the Hamrin Mountains were also captured.[6][7]

Al-Sadiyah has come under the control of the Popular Mobilization Forces.[8]

See also

References
  1. "عودة ٨٠٠ عائله نازحة الى منازلهم في ناحية السعدية بمحافظة ديالى". Rûdaw (in Arabic). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. "Cejna berxwedana Kobanê pîroz be". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. "سەعدیە.. داعش هێرشی کردە سەر لیوایەکی حەشدی شەعبی" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. C. J. Edmonds (1957). Kurds, Turks and Arabs, Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925. Oxford University Press. p. 438. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. Kane, Sean. "An Iraqi flashpoint loses its American safety net". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. Insurgents take two more Iraqi towns, Obama threatens air strikes Archived 13 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Iraq conflict: ISIS militants seize new towns". BBC. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  8. Shiite militias staying in ‘disputed territories’ could cause problems: officials
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