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Al Khalis
Al Khalis (''Khalis'' or ''Khales'') () is a town in Diyala, Iraq, roughly 15 kilometers (9 mi) northwest of Baqubah. It is the main town of Khalis Arfan District. The Khalis Arfan district previously housed the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI, MEK, MKO) in Camp Ashraf. The town was the site of the 2015 Khalis Arfan Bin Shamsul prison break. See also * List of places in Iraq * List of cities in Iraq References Populated places in Diyala Province District capitals of Iraq {{Iraq-geo-stub ...
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Diyala Governorate
Diyala Governorate ( ) or Diyala Province is a Governorates of Iraq, governorate in northeastern Iraq. Provincial Government *Governor: Muthanna al-Tamimi *Deputy Governor: Mohammed Jassim al-Jubouri Council Geography Diyala Governorate extends to the northeast of Baghdad as far as the Iran–Iraq border, Iranian border. Its Capital (political), capital is Baqubah. It covers an area of 17,685 square kilometres (6,828 sq mi). A large portion of the province is drained by the Diyala River, a major tributary of the Tigris. Because of its proximity to two major sources of water, Diyala's main industry is agriculture, primarily Phoenix dactylifera, dates grown in large groves. The province also contains one of the largest olive groves in the Middle East. It is also recognized as the Orange (fruit), orange capital of the Middle East. The Hamrin Mountains pass through the governorate. Population The governorate is home to a diverse population of Arabs, Kurds and Ira ...
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Khalis Arfan District
Al Khalis (''Khalis'' or ''Khales'') () is a town in Diyala, Iraq, roughly 15 kilometers (9 mi) northwest of Baqubah. It is the main town of Khalis Arfan District. The Khalis Arfan district previously housed the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI, MEK, MKO) in Camp Ashraf. The town was the site of the 2015 Khalis Arfan Bin Shamsul prison break. See also * List of places in Iraq * List of cities in Iraq This article shows a list of largest cities and towns in Iraq. List This list includes the 80 most populous cities, towns, and sub-districts of Iraq, as of the most recent population estimate in 2018. Largest cities Ancient cities and to ... References Populated places in Diyala Province District capitals of Iraq {{Iraq-geo-stub ...
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Baqubah
Baqubah (; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 280,000 people. Baqubah served as a way station between Baghdad and Khorasan on the medieval Khorasan Road. During the Abbasid Caliphate, it was known for its date and fruit orchards, irrigated by the Nahrawan Canal. It is now known as the centre of Iraq's commercial orange groves. During the Iraq war, Baqubah served the capital of Al Qaeda in Iraq as well as the Islamic State of Iraq, the predecessors of the Islamic State. History Baqubah's name originates from the Aramaic words "Bet" (house) and "aquba" (Guardian or Punishment) meaning "The house of Punishment/The Guardian's house". The city was used as a refugee camp for Assyrian refugees fleeing the Assyrian genocide. A refugee camp was set up outside the city, which accommodated between 40,00 ...
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Mujahedin-e Khalq
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) (), is an Iranian dissident organization. It was an armed group until 2003, afterwards transitioning into a political group. Its headquarters is currently in Albania. The group's ideology was influenced by Islam and revolutionary Marxism; and while it denied Marxist influences, its revolutionary reinterpretation of Shia Islam was shaped by the writings of Ali Shariati. After the Iranian Revolution, the MEK opposed the new theocratic Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, seeking to replace it with its own government. At one point the MEK was Iran's "largest and most active armed dissident group", and it is still sometimes presented by Western political backers as a major Iranian opposition group. The MEK is known to be deeply unpopular today within Iran, largely due to its siding with Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War and continued ties with the governmen ...
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Camp Ashraf
Camp Ashraf or Ashraf City is a camp in Iraq's Diyala Governorate, having the character of a small city with all basic infrastructure, and the former headquarters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The population used to be around 3,400 in 2012, but in 2013 nearly all were relocated to Camp Liberty near Baghdad International Airport after pressure by then-prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's office. Camp Ashraf (aka FOB Grizzly) is situated 96 kilometers (59 mi) north of Baghdad near the town of Al Khalis. On January 1, 2009, United States formally transferred control over to the Iraqi government. From 2003 to 2013, Camp Ashraf was attacked several times, the worst being on April 8, 2011, when the Iraqi Army raided the camp and killed as many as 34 people and wounded 318 more. On September 1, 2013, an attack was directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and conducted by Iranian proxy militias Kata'ib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq, killing 52 civilians, w ...
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2015 Khalis Arfan Bin Shamsul Prison Break
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List Of Places In Iraq
This is a list of places in Iraq. Governorates of Iraq lists the governorates, and Districts of Iraq lists the subdivisions of those governorates. Modern cities and towns * Afak (عفك) * Samarra * Al `Awja (العوجا) *Baghdad (ܒܓܕܐܕ) (بغداد) **Kadhimiya(الكاظمية) **Sadr City (مدينة الصدر) **Green Zone (المنطقة الخضراء) ** List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad * Baghdadi * Bayji (بيجي) * Balad (بلد) * Ba`qubah (بعقوبه) * Al Basrah (Basra) (البصرة) * Ad Dawr (الداور) * Dihok (دهوك / ܢܘܗܕܪܐ) * Ad Diwaniyah (الديوانية) *Erbil or Hewlêr (ܐܪܒܝܠ) (أربيل) * Al Fallujah (الفلّوجة) * Hadithah (حديثة) *Haqlaniyah *Halabjah (حلبجة) *Al Hillah (الحلة) * Hit(هيت) * Al Iskandariyah (إسكندرية) *Karbala (كربلاء) *Karma *Khanaqin (خانقين) *Kirkuk (ܟܪܟܘܟ) (كركوك) *Al Kut (الكوت) * Al Miqdadiyah (المقدادية) *Mosul ...
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List Of Cities In Iraq
This article shows a list of largest cities and towns in Iraq. List This list includes the 80 most populous cities, towns, and sub-districts of Iraq, as of the most recent population estimate in 2018. Largest cities Ancient cities and towns * Babylon (ܒܒܝܠ) (بابل) * Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in, المدائن) * Eridu (إريدو) * Hatra (حضر) * Kish (Sumer), Kish (كيش) * Lagash (لجش) * Nineveh (ܢܝܢܘܐ) (نينوى) * Nippur (نيبور) * Nuzi (Nuzu) * Samarra * Shenna (Sinn Barimma) * Sumer (سومر) * Ubaid period, Tell Ubaid (تل عبيد) * Ur (أور) * Uruk (أوروك) * Lubdu * Arrapha (now Kirkuk) See also *List of places in Iraq *Districts of Iraq References External links

* {{List of cities in the Middle East Cities in Iraq, Populated places in Iraq Lists of cities by country, Iraq, List of cities in Iraq geography-related lists, Cities Lists of cities in Asia, Iraq ...
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Populated Places In Diyala Province
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