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Siege of Saqlawiyah 2014

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date22 September 2014Wikidata
Year2014Wikidata P585 (point in time)
EraPost-1945 (1946 onwards)derived from year
LocationIraqNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentAsiaNatural Earth
Coordinates33.3964, 43.6833Wikidata P625

About the battle

The siege of Saqlawiyah was a siege of the town of Saqlawiyah (north of Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad) by the Islamic State (IS) during the War in Iraq of 2013 to 2017.

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Location

33.3964, 43.6833 · Iraq

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